Cenk Uygur, Yanis Varoufakis, Zoe Strimpel, and S.Y. Quraishi debate neoliberalism, corruption, and the fall of democracy.
Why do we allow blatant, rampant corruption to dominate our governments?
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It is ten years since the IAI first hosted a debate on the end of the West. At the time, some argued this was an implausible proposal. Since then, the IAI has returned to the question a number of times and on each occasion it has seemed more likely and increasingly inevitable. Few imagined that the leaders of the Western world would themselves call its demise. That is what many now argue President Trump has done. The shift to transactional politics rather than working together within a system of shared values has placed former allies on opposing sides. And with it, the coherence of the West appears to have broken apart.
But where is this leading? Will Trump’s strategies make the US stronger or cement its decline? As Europe rearms, will it find a new voice to stand alongside, or perhaps against, the US and China? And most importantly, how can we navigate the new world order and avoid a catastrophic confrontation while defending ourselves, our values, and our way of life?
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Former Finance Minister of Greece and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis, political commentator and host of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, former Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi, historian, columnist, and author Zoe Strimpel, and others clash over the future of global power. Hosted by philosopher Hilary Lawson.
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00:00 Introduction
00:13 Is the end of the West a good thing?
00:27 Yanis Varoufakis and Zoe Strimpel debate Western values
01:23 Austerity, corrupt bankers, and the 2008 Financial Crisis
02:30 S.Y. Quraishi on Europe as a “satellite state” to the US
03:24 Cenk Uygur on the American oligarchy
05:56 How will Donald Trump’s policies impact the US?
07:50 Tariffs, the ultra wealthy, and the influence of Israel
10:05 The political and economic failures of the EU
13:52 “One of the great things about the West is Neoliberalism”
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