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02/29/2024 - Let’s close up shop and go home
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
- Democrats' and pundits' concern over the growing realization that President Biden is old
- Why, despite Biden’s weaknesses and the tough map for Democrats in 2024, control of Congress will likely still be up for grabs in November
- The Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are people, and the Republican Party's toxic politics of reproductive rights
- Why Trump’s legal troubles might not be as financially damaging as they seem…
- The continued tragedy and impossible politics of the War in Gaza
- Sanctions, military expenditures, global isolationism, and the forces shaping the Ukraine War two years in
- The UK’S dysfunctional economic agenda, part 78
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