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Fukuyama liberalism discontents6/22/2023 ![]() No one has done more to support the idea of liberalism’s resilience and universality than Francis Fukuyama. ![]() For now, following the latest bout of ill-health, no plausible challengers have been able to put liberal capitalism out of its misery. The events of the past two years, from the start of the global pandemic to the war in Ukraine, and now the global food shortage, are clear signs that liberalism, as a global economic and political system, is in crisis. This is about the future of the liberal world order and we have to stand firm. In a CNN interview, after another round of the US government’s sanctions on Russia, the following exchange took place between the show’s host and President Joe Biden’s economic adviser Brian Deese:ĬNN: What do you say to those families that say, “Listen, we can’t afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months if not years, this is just not sustainable”?ĭeese: Well, what you heard from the president today was a clear articulation of the stakes. Review of Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama (Macmillan, 2022) ![]()
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