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Michael Lind

Michael Lind

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Michael Lind, Professor of Practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, is a fellow at New America and the author, most recently, of Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America.

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  1. The Real Threat to American Democracy
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    The Real Threat to American Democracy

    Jan 5, 2022 Michael Lind thinks hand-wringing over January 6 – and the electoral issues surrounding it – misses the bigger picture.

  2. Demagogues vs. Dictators
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    Demagogues vs. Dictators

    Feb 8, 2021 Michael Lind shows that the former US president is of a well-established type that is more corrupt than tyrannical.

  3. The Cure for Demagogic Populism
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    The Cure for Demagogic Populism

    Jan 18, 2021 Michael Lind argues that a disease of representative democracy can be treated only by making democracy more representative.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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