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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: [FROM THE VAULT] /104/ The Aristocracy of Finance ft. Alexander Zevin
Description: FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (2)
On The Economist and the contradictions of global liberalism.
Alexander Zevin joins us to discuss his work on the 176 year history of the magazine that has accompanied liberalism's global expansion. Has it just reflected the world or has it actually influenced politics? How has The Economist balanced democracy against the interests of finance and the needs of empire? And is the magazine suffering from N.O.B.S.?Â
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Running order:
(06:02) Overview & early days
(29:52) 19th century & empire
(34:18) 20th century, esp 1930s and '40s...