We are coming to the end of our time, and i did want to ask you, it seems an especially good question to put to somebody who has thought as long and hard as you have about how we got here. I'm just wondering if, if you're able to hold on to much in the way of optimism or argue with. Helen thompson's book is disorder. It's out now from oxford university press. You've been listening to intelligence squared. Get your galaxy tab essayed ultra now it sam song dot com.
Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge, a columnist for The New Statesman, and has been a regular contributor to the Talking Politics podcast. Her new book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, looks at decades of geopolitical history that have fed into our current moment: one of war and conflict, nations competing for dwindling natural resources, and the climate emergency casting a long shadow. She joins journalist and author Andrew Mueller to discuss how we got here.
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