The Joe Walker Podcast

The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone

Feb 16, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 6min
2
The Mixed Bag of Revolutions
05:43 • 2min
3
The Clinton Administration's Study of the Failure of States
07:57 • 4min
4
The Problem With Probabilistic Models
11:43 • 3min
5
How to Predict Peaceful Revolutions
14:46 • 5min
6
The Disenchantment With History
19:20 • 5min
7
The Amorphous Belief in Automatic Progress
24:16 • 2min
8
The Decline of Democracy and Capitalism
26:05 • 3min
9
The Pernicious System of Social Media
29:27 • 3min
10
The Problem With Elites
32:53 • 5min
11
The Aristocracy and the Elites
37:46 • 3min
12
The Cycles of the Elites
41:05 • 2min
13
The United States Is at a Turning Point
43:25 • 5min
14
The Power of Human Agency
48:25 • 4min
15
The Problem With Louis the 16th in France
52:48 • 5min
16
The Rise and Fall of Louis the 16th
57:51 • 3min
17
The Effects of Population Changes on the Labor Market
01:00:35 • 3min
18
The Demography of the Future
01:03:15 • 4min
19
The Race Between Education and Technology
01:06:55 • 5min
20
The Three Elements of a Revolution
01:11:50 • 2min
21
The Importance of Intra-Elite Competition in a Crisis
01:13:42 • 2min
22
The Role of Vladimir Putin in Revolts
01:15:27 • 5min
23
The Implications of the Baby Boom on the Labor Market
01:20:05 • 5min
24
The Importance of Real Wages and Relative Wages
01:24:52 • 5min
25
The Importance of Wages
01:29:40 • 4min
26
The Rise of Rent-Seeking Behaviors in the United States
01:33:40 • 5min
27
The Rise and Fall of the Meritocracy
01:38:19 • 3min
28
The Importance of Trust in Government
01:40:53 • 4min