Rupert Everett: We had misunderstood the arab spring as a morality, tale of good against evil. He says it obscured the economic foundations that these regimes were built upon. The west wanted to see hitself reflected in other parts of the world he writes. "I made a film onon freedom, my first documentary, and it was an interrogation of this idea of freedom"
Rupert Russell and Isabella Weber discuss Russell's book Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World and also the current politics of inflation.
Listen to Weber discuss her book How China Escaped Shock Therapy: thedigradio.com/podcast/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-w-isabella-weber/
Look at Rupert's precious puppy: twitter.com/rupert_russell/status/1511428696409837573?s=20&t=OPVNgfXuokFY6ZQYRkxe4g
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