Yascha Mounk and Ricardo Hausmann discuss development economics and how globalization has changed the nature of knowledge.
Ricardo Hausmann is an economist and the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. Hausmann has also served as Minister of P ... Show More
Nov 22
The Good Fight Club: A Warm Welcome for MBS, the Future of MAGA, and Democrat Infighting
Edward Luce, Russell Muirhead, Lauren Harper Pope, and Yascha Mounk on this week’s news.
In this week’s conversation, Ed Luce, Russ Muirhead, Lauren Harper Pope, and Yascha Mounk discuss the recent Saudi visit and what it says about Donald Trump’s broader foreign policy, the dir ... Show More
44m 45s
Nov 18
James Loxton on Democracies and Dictators
James Loxton is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and James Loxton explore different types of authoritarian regimes, why they fail, and ... Show More
1h 12m
Aug 2023
Mariana Mazzucato and Stella Creasy on the Global Economy, PART 2
This is the second part of a two-part interview. Recorded in 2018, economist and author Mariana Mazzucato discusses her book, The Value of Everything, with UK Labour MP Stella Creasy. It's a wide-ranging discussion looking at how real wealth is created in our economy and how we c ... Show More
37m 42s