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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /290/ Cassoulet of Disruption ft. Nathan Sperber
Description:
On La Macronie, or Macronistan
Is France in perma-crisis? We talk to Nathan Sperber, independent researcher on political economy based in Paris and the author of a recent piece on Macronistan in American Affairs.
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Does Macron evince a neo-statist turn, away from the entrepreneurial, neoliberal rhetoric of 2017? And what about the anti-establishment forces, left and right โ how much of a chance do they have to shake La Macronie, or will they be co-opted?
Readings:
Muddling Through in Macronia: How Populism and the Establishment Intertwine, Nathan Sperber, American Affairs
Emmanuel Macron announces the โend of abundanceโ, Katherine Bayford...