The Good Fight

Latest Episodes:

Anand Giridharadas, Part 2 Apr 11, 2018

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Writer Anand Giridharadas talks to Yascha Mounk about identity politics, the best way to respond to offensive questions, and how to win a lasting social peace for "the only country I have."

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Anand Giridharadas, Part 1 Mar 28, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses the limits of philanthropy, how the changey-hopey narrative of the affluent cloaks the power they exercise, and how they can do better with author, former New York Times correspondent and NBC contributor Anand Giridharadas.

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David French Mar 14, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses the moral corruption of the Evangelical movement, the right line between politics and religion, and the ins and outs of wedding cakes with National Review staff writer David French.

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Benjamin Wittes Feb 28, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses the principles that should govern the national security state; whether liberals used to be too critical of the NSA; and what we do—and don’t—know about l’Affaire Russe with Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institutions and founder of Lawfare, Benjamin Wittes.

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Jennifer Rubin Feb 14, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses how to cover the Trump presidency; the complicity of the Republican party; and the future of the right with proud conservative and staunch Never Trumper Jennifer Rubin.

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David Miliband Jan 31, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses how to give refugees a real shot at a good life; the future of migration policy around the world; the importance of inclusive nationalism; and the meaning of the West with the President of the International Rescue Committee, and former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, David Miliband.

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Sabeel Rahman Jan 17, 2018

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Yascha Mounk discusses the problem with monopoly power; the role of anti-corporate rhetoric

in leftist politics; and how to build a winning coalition for ambitious change with Sabeel

Rahman.

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Martin Sandbu Jan 03, 2018

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Yascha Mounk and Martin Sandbu discuss the best way to fight inequality; why we need predistribution rather than (just) redistributive taxation to fight populism; and how to ensure that individuals and corporations alike pay their fair share

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Francis Fukuyama Rerun Dec 20, 2017

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In this rerun of one of the first Good Fight episodes, Yascha Mounk discusses the degree to which democracy in the United States is under threat, the slow erosion of liberal norms, and the future of American identity with Francis Fukuyama.

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Branko Milanovic Dec 06, 2017

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Yascha Mounk and Branko Milanovic discuss what his famous elephant curve says about the ills—and the gains—of globalization; how the left’s concern with inequality is being turned against its concern with internationalism; why economic causes of populism are often expressed in cultural ways; and how a determination to increase the financial and educational endowments of ordinary citizens can combat inequality and boost their living standards.

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