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From Santiago to the Atacama, Chile is a Country on Fire

I originally planned a literary excursion to famously stable Chile. Instead, I came to a country engulfed in protests, where trains pass by the wreckage without a word. From Santiago and Valparaiso to the Atacama Desert, I delved into a conflict for the future.

Posted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 Sophie Zhao

Palladium Podcast 24: Jason Crawford on the Concept of Progress Studies

Ash Milton interviews Jason Crawford about the development of progress studies as a new field of research and community.

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Palladium Podcast

How Liberal Civility Decays

Civility is critical to collective self-government. But the formal structure of self-government has no way to maintain it against political division and private interest. Civility can only be restored by some outside intervention.

Posted on January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 K. Christopher Dahlke

Palladium Podcast 23: Bachelor’s Degrees Are the New Citizenship

Jonah Bennett and Wolf Tivy discuss why the bachelor’s degree is the new citizenship, and what it would take to actually build a status-generating alternative to the university.

Posted on January 17, 2020January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

Palladium Podcast 22: AI Grand Strategy and Digital Totalitarianism

Wolf Tivy and Pasha Kamyshev discuss Pasha’s latest article on AI grand strategy, and the deeper foundations of the problem: we are building digital totalitarianism, but we don’t know how to reconcile that with creating a good society.

Posted on January 9, 2020January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

Who Has Authority in the American State?

The locus of legitimate authority in the American state is increasingly unclear. A reconfiguration of Marxist thought on the state reveals how elites interact with it, and also the state’s power to shape the elite itself.

Posted on January 8, 2020January 23, 2020 Nicolas Villarreal

How Local Control Can Accelerate Housing

There are times in politics where top-down, elite-driven mandates are necessary for the common good. Building communities is not one of them.

Posted on January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 John Myers and Nick Whitaker

America Needs a More Ambitious AI Strategy

The current American AI strategy is disorganized and unambitious. With no real innovation on the strategy front, the U.S. is just playing not to lose.

Posted on December 21, 2019January 23, 2020 Pasha Kamyshev

The University System Isn’t Going Anywhere

Universities have endured plague, population collapse, scandal, and even outlasted nations. Despite proclamations of the university system’s death, one thing is certain: it’s not going anywhere.

Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Seth Largo

Palladium Podcast 21: The Battleground of Economic Value

Ash Milton discusses his review of economist Mariana Mazzucato’s book The Value of Everything with Jonah Bennett and Wolf Tivy.

Posted on November 29, 2019January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

Mariana Mazzucato Has Reinvigorated the Most Important Battle in Economics

Ash Milton reviews Mariana Mazzucato’s book The Value of Everything. Mazzucato’s work confronts an overreaching financial sector and provides a powerful case for rebuilding state capacity.

Posted on November 21, 2019January 23, 2020 Ash Milton

Facebook’s Libra Is Half a Century Late and a Navy Short

Facebook’s global payment system, Libra, would usurp the role of the dollar, but it doesn’t have the hegemonic military, historical moment, or political utility to make that viable.

Posted on November 13, 2019January 23, 2020 Byrne Hobart

Palladium Podcast 20: Grappling with the Rise of China

Jonah Bennett, Wolf Tivy, and Ash Milton are joined by Palladium writer Jean Fan to discuss her recent narrative piece on the psychological experience of observing rapid progress and change in China.

Posted on November 7, 2019January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

Palladium Podcast 19: ‘Land Is a Scam’ with Siavash Tahan

Jonah Bennett, Wolf Tivy, and Ash Milton are joined by Palladium writer Siavash Tahan to discuss his recent piece on urban housing politics in California and how land is a scam.

Posted on October 29, 2019January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

What No One Wants to Admit About Housing Politics

Real estate development in California has been frozen for decades. A new coalition is emerging to break homeowner resistance. But dishonesty from both sides prevents the reconciliation of social fabric and development, jeopardizing the future of American cities.

Posted on October 22, 2019January 23, 2020 Siavash Tahan

The American Dream Is Alive in China

American discourse doesn’t prepare you for how good life in China is becoming. It’s a sharp contrast to our own governance troubles. It feels like the American dream has moved to the other side of the world.

Posted on October 11, 2019January 23, 2020 Jean Fan

Palladium Podcast 18: Building a Country Through Storytelling

Jonah Bennett and Ash Milton are joined by Palladium writers Avetis Muradyan and Ryan Khurana to discuss landlordism and economic pessimism, as well as the power of storytelling in producing optimism.

Posted on October 7, 2019January 23, 2020 Palladium Podcast

North America Is Losing the Arctic

The world’s great powers are gunning for the Arctic and access to the Northwest Passage shipping route. Without a bold Arctic development plan, North America risks losing out.

Posted on October 5, 2019January 23, 2020 Ash Milton

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