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On European decline and inertia.
[For full episode: patreon.com/bungacast]
Anton Jäger is back, talking to Alex and George about Belgium's new right-wing government, American hyperpolitics, and the lack of a European future.
The radical right has prevailed in Belgium, despite having factors that should impede this, like higher union density, lower inequality and so on. Why?
Why is the US particularly 'hyperpolitical'?
Are those who say hyperpolitics is over correct?
Why is Europe now a pale imitation of authoritarians in the East and the unbridled capitalism to its West?
Is it Europe's capitalists – not its workers or pensioners – who are in need of strict market discipline?
Links:
Things Are Terrible in Europe, and They’re Only Going to Get Worse, Anton Jäger, NYT
Goodbye, ‘Resistance.’ The Era of Hyperpolitics Is Over, Ross Barkan, NYT
My Country Shows What Europe Has Become, Anton Jäger, NYT
Hyperpolitics in America, Anton Jäger, New Left Review
Is Trump 2 the End of ‘Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome’?, Lee Jones, The North Star
/454/ The Last Man at the Euro Tango ft. Michael Wilkinson
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On European decline and inertia.
[For full episode: patreon.com/bungacast]
Anton Jäger is back, talking to Alex and George about Belgium's new right-wing government, American hyperpolitics, and the lack of a European future.
The radical right has prevailed in Belgium, despite having factors that should impede this, like higher union density, lower inequality and so on. Why?
Why is the US particularly 'hyperpolitical'?
Are those who say hyperpolitics is over correct?
Why is Europe now a pale imitation of authoritarians in the East and the unbridled capitalism to its West?
Is it Europe's capitalists – not its workers or pensioners – who are in need of strict market discipline?
Links:
Things Are Terrible in Europe, and They’re Only Going to Get Worse, Anton Jäger, NYT
Goodbye, ‘Resistance.’ The Era of Hyperpolitics Is Over, Ross Barkan, NYT
My Country Shows What Europe Has Become, Anton Jäger, NYT
Hyperpolitics in America, Anton Jäger, New Left Review
Is Trump 2 the End of ‘Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome’?, Lee Jones, The North Star
/454/ The Last Man at the Euro Tango ft. Michael Wilkinson

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