How Asset Managers Came to Own Everything and You Failed to Notice

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Why the left keeps losing (or does it)? The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth

On this episode, Mark talks with two guests to try and understand why, despite growing right populist movements emerging and winning elections in countries around the world, the left seems to be stalling. It’s a simple question with an incredibly complex answer. Hopefully, though, these two guests will help you to see both the question and its possible answers in a new light. Guests on this episode:Björn Bremer: political scientist at Central European University, John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University, and author of “Austerity from the Left: Social Democratic Parties in the Shadow of the Great Recession”Paul Pierson: professor of political science at UC Berkeley and author of, most recently, “The American Political Economy Politics, Markets, and Power”  Transcript coming soon to our websiteLearn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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  3. The puzzling politics of inequality
  4. Why capitalism can’t solve the climate crisis
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