EPISODE · Jul 30, 2021 · 57 MIN
Political legitimacy with Prof. Phillip LeBel
from Economics Explored · host Phillip LeBel, Gene Tunny
In EP98 on political legitimacy, host Gene Tunny interviews Prof. Phillip LeBel, the author of a book published earlier this year by Brown Walker Press titled: Risk and the State: How Economics and Neuroscience Shape Political Legitimacy to Address Geopolitical, Environmental, and Health Risks for Sustainable Governance. Phillip LeBel is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Montclair State University, NJ. With a career combining academic research and teaching with professional consulting, Professor LeBel has accumulated a record of economic expertise in a variety of domestic and international fields. Over the years, he has lived in and/or worked in 30 countries, including Africa, East Asia, Central America, and Latin America.
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In Risk and the State, Prof. Phillip LeBel argues the political legitimacy of governments worldwide is "under trial from questions of borders and national identity, from rising economic inequality, from the way in which information is gathered, managed, and disseminated, and from varying perceptions of risk."
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