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Podcast: Bloggingheads.tv: The Glenn Show
Episode: Ukraine and American Decline (Glenn Loury & Daniel Bessner)
Description: Daniel: Putinâs actions in Ukraine demonstrate the decline of American global hegemony ... Did the Soviet Union have the same expansionist ambitions as the US? ... How the war in Ukraine could increase nuclear proliferation ... Daniel: Itâs absurd that people got so upset about Whoopi Goldbergâs Holocaust comment ... Does the US have âmass politicsâ anymore? If not, is that a bad thing? ... When does it pay to privatize? ... Whatâs so bad about utopianism? ... Is true meritocracy possible within a highly unequal society? ... The uses (and possible abuses) of game theory ...