Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE | Lex Fridman Podcast

Описание: Ezra Klein is one of the most influential voices representing the left-wing of American politics. He is a columnist for the NY Times and host of The Ezra Klein Show. Derek Thompson is a writer at The Atlantic and host of the Plain English podcast. Together they have written a new book titled Abundance that lays out a set of ideas for the future of the Democratic party.
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Episode highlight
3:08 - Introduction
6:37 - Left-wing vs right-wing politics
15:58 - Political leaders on the left and the right
40:34 - Internal political divisions
43:34 - AOC
54:54 - Political realignment
1:06:37 - Supply-side progressivism
1:13:47 - Wealth redistribution
1:23:54 - Housing problem
1:40:13 - Regulation and deregulation
1:56:47 - DOGE, Elon, and Trump
2:55:50 - Sam Harris
3:05:28 - Future of America

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