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The Unpopular View delivers evidence-based analysis on geopolitics, public policy, corruption, climate policy, and global governance - without tribal talking points.
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- 46
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- ~242 subscribers
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Gutting USAID Was a Security Mistake | Dr. Samantha Nutt (opens the original)
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Most of the argument over cutting USAID has been about the humanitarian cost. Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada and War Child USA, adds the part that gets left out: aid is also an instrument of global peace and security, particularly in certain environments. It’s soft power. Cut it, and you haven’t only made a budget decision. Full episode with Dr. Nutt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJRATQINUM The Unpopular View with Michael Brown — conversations on aid, conflict and governance.
Gen Z European: It’s Not Irresponsibility — It’s the Lipstick Effect (opens the original)
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Young people are told they’d have savings if they cut back on travel and coffee. Armin argues the stereotype gets the causation backwards. When the traditional milestones — a house, a mortgage, a settled career — stop looking achievable, spending shifts toward smaller things that still feel attainable. Economists have a name for it: the lipstick effect. On @TheUnpopularView_MichaelBrown , we take arguments seriously even when they cut against the received wisdom. Armin makes the case here; judge
Samantha Nutt Aid Is In Free Fall, And Communities Have Less Say Than Ever 2 (opens the original)
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Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder of @warchildcan and War Child USA, on the political shift behind the collapse in aid budgets — and the part of it that gets far less attention than the money. Her argument has two halves. The first is that Western politics moved to “not my problem, we have our own problems at home,” and funding went into free fall. The numbers support it: the 2025 UN humanitarian appeal received about $12 billion, the lowest in a decade and roughly half the previous year, with humanita
Gen Z European: The Refugees Europe Said Yes To (opens the original)
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Armin Sumansky, a Czech student at Bates College, on what happened when Central Europe absorbed millions of Ukrainians — and why the reception was so different from 2015. His argument is that cultural proximity made integration cheap and fast, and that Ukrainian refugees became a net fiscal positive almost immediately. The Czech numbers back the second half of that. Contributions from Ukrainians under temporary protection first passed state spending on them in the third quarter of 2023, roughly
Gen Z European: The Real Reason We're Still Arming Ukraine (opens the original)
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Full episode of The Unpopular View with Michael Brown — link in bio. #Shorts #Ukraine Ukraine war geopolitics China Russia Iran axis foreign policy Gen Z politics Ukraine peace deal Unpopular View podcast
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