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Podcast: The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
Episode: Commerce, Not Conquest | Interview: William Easterly
Description: Economist William Easterly makes his debut on The Remnant to talk with middle-aged nobody Jonah Goldberg about free trade, USAID, human agency, colonialism, and Chinese liberalization.
Shownotes:âEasterlyâs websiteâViolent Saviors: The Westâs Conquest of the RestâEasterlyâs recent paper touching on Lee Kuan YewâExcerpts from Edmund Burkeâs speech on IndiaâSuicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
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