/462/ Blame Carter ft. Tim Barker

On President Jimmy Carter's responsibility for neoliberalism. [Patreon Exclusive] Writer and historian Tim Barker talks to Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about the former president's life and legacy. What do people get wrong about Carter? Was Carter, not Reagan, the start of neoliberalism? How is Carter's much-admired 'decency' of a piece with his neoliberalism? What is 'austerity' and how does it relate to questions of public and private, vice and virtue? What was the alternative to the neoliberal pivot in the late 1970s? How did the appointment of Fed chairman Volcker change the entire world? Did Carter set the script for the Democrats, of being 'noble losers' (but actually on the side of the winners)? Links: Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024, Tim Barker, Origins of Our Time Weapons of the Week newsletter On neoliberalism and the Cold War: /276/ Broken Promises ft. Fritz Bartel Other biographical/obituary episodes: Silvio Berlusconi: An Oral History /293/ Goodbye 20th Century (RIP Gorby) /410/ Reading Club: Deutscher's Stalin /435/ Reading Club: Stalin's General – Winning WWII