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Friday, December 9 2016

Episode 60: What Is Trumpism? December 9, 2016

A populist candidate hires an economic team from Goldman Sachs, and an English professor delivers a Hegelian analysis of Trump. Plus, Michael Chabon on TV’s best, most boring show. (episode)

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- The Populist and the Plutocrats December 9, 2016
  
  Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross are archetypes of Wall Street fat cats. Can they deliver on Trump’s promises to workers?
- I Miss You December 9, 2016
  
  He misses you. He misses a lot of things about you. But mostly he misses the iPad you took when you left.
- Intellectuals for Trump! December 9, 2016
  
  Seeing Donald Trump through the lens of the German philosopher Hegel.
- William Finnegan on the Chaos in Venezuela December 9, 2016
  
  Venezuelans suffering an economic crisis no longer have access to basic necessities; emigrés such as Francisco Nava are sending everything they can afford back home to help.
- Michael Chabon Picks Three December 9, 2016
  
  The writer picks a TV show about the Queen, a novel about John Lennon, and an unbeatable recipe for fried chicken.