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The Age of Cloud Capital
Capitalism is finished. What's replaced it is even worse.
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Mike Pesca on How the Media Got Polarized
Yascha Mounk and Mike Pesca discuss what real balance ought to look like in reporting hotly contested issues.
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Yascha Mounk
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We Keep Failing the Blasphemy Test
Recent revelations from the UK show that liberal societies must do much more to stand up to religious intolerance.
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Matt Johnson
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The Representation Gap
We need to take the real cause of right-wing populism seriously if we are to defeat it.
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Sheri Berman
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This Week at Persuasion
THIS FRIDAY: Another pub meet-up in London! Plus our weekly virtual Happy Hour.
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Persuasion Staff
What Was the American Jew?
Reflections on the outburst of anti-Semitism on Columbia’s campus.
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Sam Kahn
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Kant vs the Algorithm
What the German philosopher knew about independent thinking.
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Luke Hallam
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Right—and Wrong—Way for Universities to Handle Identity
Yascha Mounk and Kwame Anthony Appiah discuss cultivating thick identities (and thick skins).
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Yascha Mounk
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A Reckoning Is Coming for the Democrats
What small towns taught me.
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Sam Kahn
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The People Will Save the Planet, Not the Courts
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Switzerland for its climate policy. It’s a dangerous overreach.
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François Valentin
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What Trump Might Do in Office
Thinking through the likely scenarios.
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Michael Baharaeen
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This Week at Persuasion
Join us in London for another pub meet-up! Plus our weekly virtual Happy Hour.
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Persuasion Staff
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