Human progress and how we might blow it (Jonah Goldberg's "Suicide of the West")
- Episode aired May 31, 2018
- PG
Has liberal democratic capitalism been bad for the human race? A growing chorus, left and right, says yes. But when viewed in the grand scheme of humanity's history, this sentiment is clearl... Read allHas liberal democratic capitalism been bad for the human race? A growing chorus, left and right, says yes. But when viewed in the grand scheme of humanity's history, this sentiment is clearly misguided. Man's pre-modern past is a record of misery and toil, and only in the past 25... Read allHas liberal democratic capitalism been bad for the human race? A growing chorus, left and right, says yes. But when viewed in the grand scheme of humanity's history, this sentiment is clearly misguided. Man's pre-modern past is a record of misery and toil, and only in the past 250 years, with the accidental emergence of liberal democratic capitalism, has humanity seen... Read all