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Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101 reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
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Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Rob Johnson hosts Lincoln Mitchell, Political Science Professor at Columbia University, in a compelling conversation about the increasingly powerful fascist movement in the US. Mitchell outlines the elements of fascism present in the MAGA movement, including its dependence on a strongman leader, the scapegoating of minorities, threats of violence and curtailing of freedoms of speech and assembly. Reflecting on the failures of the media and political establishment, they discuss the importance of rebuilding democratic norms and institutions.
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The guest us living in his own information coccon. Everything he say about Trump used on himself. So are you going to abondon election? Which he thinks equal to demcracy? Then he calls F, are elected by the people. Is election the right thing, does what you call demcracy are stickyard of right and wrong. Look Inside instead outside is what the US should do. Plus he probably does not like to mention that one more to be blamed is Chinese, in addition to Trans and immigrants. This is his biased.
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