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