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583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?


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Fareed Zakaria says yes. But it’s not just political revolution — it’s economic, technological, even emotional. He doesn’t offer easy solutions but he does offer some hope.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Fareed Zakaria, journalist and author.

 

  • RESOURCES:
    • Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, by Fareed Zakaria (2024).
    • "The Ultimate Election Year: All the Elections Around the World in 2024," by Koh Ewe (TIME, 2023).
    • "The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism," by Vanessa Williamson, Theda Skocpol, and John Coggin (Perspectives on Politics, 2011).
    • The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria (2008).
    • The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, by Fareed Zakaria (2003).

 

  • EXTRAS:
    • "Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?" by Freakonomics Radio (2021).
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