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Nov 2020
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60: Ed Luce & Tom Edsall

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With Biden the presumptive President-Elect, James and Al take a moment to celebrate the win, despite wishing that the Democratic party had worked harder on its messaging.  They’re joined by Ed Luce of the Financial Times and Tom Edsall of the New York Times to discuss how the international order will change under a Biden Administration and whether the party can mend the growing schism between the work and moderate wings of the party.  Either way, it’s a whole new world...

Books From This Week’s Panelists:
ED LUCE
The Retreat Of Western Liberalism

TOM EDSALL
The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics

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