Schumpeter thought that young people just saw the benefits of capitalism. Do you think that vision is coming to pass? Now, that socialism is more popular with millennials than it's been in generations. I do think we need to recognize how unique it is to live at a time where the vast majority of our teens are growing up without any meaningful work experience.
The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber, loving Luther, hate-reading Rousseau, the decline of small towns, backpacking across Europe, America’s peculiar fondness for age-segregation, and why his latest book contains so little sex.
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Recorded June 14th, 2017
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