Democracy Paradox
Democracy Paradox
Justin Kempf
Ian Shapiro Says the Left's "Preemptive Capitulation" to Neoliberalism Paved the Way for Populism
49 minutes Posted Sep 30, 2026 at 6:00 am.
Introduction
The Left's Preemptive Capitulation
A Dollar Short, a Day Late
Right on Politics, Wrong on Math
The Next Turning Point
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If we want people to support democratic capitalism, it has to be a kind of democratic capitalism that delivers for most people, and we haven't had that. Ian Shapiro What went wrong after the Cold War – and what can democracies learn from the opportunities they missed? Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at Yale University and author of After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World, joins Democracy Parado...