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After decades of deference to the market, states are exerting greater control over capital. In the face of climate change, it may be too little, too late.
Becca Rothfeld speaks with Samuel Moyn about his book Liberalism Against Itself and why liberalism is in crisis.
Fifty years ago, religion met Marxism in the liberation theology movement. Its message still serves.
Lewis Gordon and Nathalie Etoke discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought.
Within the next decade, we may well have systems that are serious candidates for consciousness.
In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine.
Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.
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Being serious about equality means aiming to ensure we all live equally flourishing lives—not merely that we have the chance to do so.
The history of debates about educational outcomes holds important lessons.
Final response: we need a more substantive and generous understanding of the egalitarian ideal.
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale, specialist in social and political philosophy
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and author of Elite Capture
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