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Spectacles Out Loud episodes
- Insight - Striking for Democracy
As a wave of strikes hits the United States, we need to ask not only why it’s happening, but what role unions play in a liberal democracy.
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Learn more about those shortages we mentioned
Hear our discussion of the need for democracy beyond the ballot box
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7 min - Insight - Are We Getting Inflation All Wrong?
Contrary to popular objections, it looks like more spending could reduce economic pressure now and curb inflation in the future.
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Learn more about logistics and supply chain challenges.
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7 min - Insight - Trump’s Allies Are Defying Subpoena. Now what?
As some of Donald Trump’s top lieutenants defy congressional subpoenas, a couple options are available to enforce the rule of law.
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6 min - Focus - The Systemic Challenge of Immigration, Explained
As the climate crisis and a decline in global cooperation fuel migration, we must recognize the relationships between the challenges we face, if we are to solve them.
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13 min - Insight - Vote-Buying, Boycotts, and International Meddling in Iraq
Elections in Iraq are set to take place this weekend amidst developments that demonstrate the challenges of democratization in a globalized world.
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Read or listen to our article on the failures of nation-building in Afghanistan
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7 min - Insight - Squamish First Nation Provides a Glimpse at The City of Tomorrow
On reservation land within a major Canadian city, a First Nation is pursuing an ambitious project to reimagine urban development.
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Recent article on Estonian digital bureaucracy
Recent discussion of voting system reform
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6 min - Insight - Pandora Papers Expose Democracy’s Broken Promises
Documents detailing the extent of political and economic elites’ habitual tax evasion demonstrate the need for—and difficulty of—reform.
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7 min - Focus - What I Learned in Becoming an e-Resident of Estonia
The small nation of Estonia, with its world-class digital democracy and social services, demonstrates the importance of humility and learning from other countries.
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13 min - Insight - Tunisian Democracy Sheds the Burden of Reciprocity
Key domestic factions lent soft support to the Tunisian president’s suspension of parliament. They and the country are now paying the price.
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7 min - Insight - As Shortages Abound, What Can We Do?
As America’s supply-chains fail to recover, a great weakness of the free market and democracy rears its head, but it is an opportunity, not a crisis.
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About Spectacles Out Loud
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Join Spectacles editors Harry and Philip for Insight and Focus as they go beyond headlines to explore the news. We won't just explain a headline to you, but we'll try to help you make the connections…
between today's stories and what they all mean for democracy.