HeyJaredProgress & Survival
Essays and commentary on the prospects for creating an effective progressive politics to counter the rise in authoritarian nationalism, end the culture wars, reduce inequality and protect the planet for future generations. And some culture.
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Keynes and AI (opens the original)
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Farewell Ski Sunday (opens the original)
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I promise you, dear readers, that I am working on some new stuff, but in the meantime, here’s another piece recycled from my Guardian days; this one prompted by the news that the BBC is axing its Sunday afternoon skiing show after five decades. Back in 2008, they attempted to revamp the programme, but only succeeded in alienating many of its viewers. The piece I wrote then concludes with a warning about the future, which has, alas, proved all too accurate.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
Nixon, the Lefty (opens the original)
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Thanks for reading Progress and Survival, and a very warm welcome to my new subscribers. For whatever reason the ideas, the words, the inspiration even, just aren’t there at the moment. So I though I’d recycle some of my older writing for a (hopefully) new audience.This piece was first published in The Guardian 20 years ago (cough). I wrote it to show just how far politics had moved to the right sin
Realism vs Idealism (opens the original)
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For completeness, and in case you missed it, I’m re-posting the third essay in my series on great 20th century thinkers and the lessons for today, which was published last month over at Bearly Politics.You can read the first essay in the series, on the work of John Rawls, here, and the second on Lawrence Kohlberg, here.<a class="image-link image2 is-v
Jamie Dimon really doesn't get it (opens the original)
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