2 April 2020
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The role of radicals in a crisis moment
Bill Scher and Micah Uetricht debate Scher's recent Politico essay, "No, Coronavirus Isn’t Proof We Need Socialism."
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In this video:
- Bill vs. Micah on democratic socialism and the coronavirus
- Would the US be handling the pandemic better with single-payer?
- The role of radicals in a crisis moment
- Bernie vs. Warren and the limits of technocratic politics
- Why has Biden surged ahead of Bernie?
- Bill’s thoughts on Medicare for All
- Micah’s new book, Bigger Than Bernie
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Robert Wright speaks with Ruth Whippman, author of the book America the Anxious.
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Is Biden making himself irrelevant?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider.
A massive recession vs. 600K deaths
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack engage in a grim thought experiment.
Debating universal basic income
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Buddhist wisdom via snakes and lizards
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Could Trump still be the hero of the pandemic?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider.
“Everyone should be a capitalist in a pandemic”
Glenn Loury and Heather Mac Donald consider the economics of the coronavirus.
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How homogeneity distorts groups
Daniel Kaufman speaks with philosopher Robert B. Talisse, author of the new book Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place.
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The danger of trauma becoming an identity
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Jesse Singal, author of the recent article “The Rise of PTSD.”
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Comparing catastrophes
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is and isn’t like climate change.
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A mandatory testing regime?
Economist Larry Kotlikoff describes his plan to contain the coronavirus, but Glenn Loury is skeptical.
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Will the coronavirus kill globalism?
