Political economist, industrial policy, green planning, financialised capitalism, critical macro-finance
Oct 14, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
A fascinating conversation between Jan-Werner Müller @Princeton and Rahel Jaeggi @HumboldtUni on what is needed to (re)democratise our #democracies.
These are my key insights on what can be deduced from this for a strong progressive strategy 👇🏽
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As progressives, we have to be careful to use the concept of democratic #regression to describe the status quo of democracies. Rather than a regression, we currently witness an inability of democratic institutions to respond to systemic crises such as the climate crisis.
