The Joe Walker Podcast

The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone

Feb 16, 2021

01:45:33

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Introduction

6min

The Mixed Bag of Revolutions

2min

The Clinton Administration's Study of the Failure of States

4min

The Problem With Probabilistic Models

3min

How to Predict Peaceful Revolutions

5min

The Disenchantment With History

5min

The Amorphous Belief in Automatic Progress

2min

The Decline of Democracy and Capitalism

3min

The Pernicious System of Social Media

3min

10.

The Problem With Elites

5min

11.

The Aristocracy and the Elites

3min

12.

The Cycles of the Elites

2min

13.

The United States Is at a Turning Point

5min

14.

The Power of Human Agency

4min

15.

The Problem With Louis the 16th in France

5min

16.

The Rise and Fall of Louis the 16th

3min

17.

The Effects of Population Changes on the Labor Market

3min

18.

The Demography of the Future

4min

19.

The Race Between Education and Technology

5min

20.

The Three Elements of a Revolution

2min

21.

The Importance of Intra-Elite Competition in a Crisis

2min

22.

The Role of Vladimir Putin in Revolts

5min

23.

The Implications of the Baby Boom on the Labor Market

5min

24.

The Importance of Real Wages and Relative Wages

5min

25.

The Importance of Wages

4min

26.

The Rise of Rent-Seeking Behaviors in the United States

5min

27.

The Rise and Fall of the Meritocracy

3min

28.

The Importance of Trust in Government

4min

Jack A. Goldstone is an American sociologist and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the subject of revolutions.

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