We're Watching an Empire Die (with Cole Costello)

Alex welcomes returning guest Cole Costello, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Montana, for a wide-ranging conversation spanning war, geopolitics, history, and economics. They discuss the Cold War, American hegemony, Argentina's political and economic development, and the future of the post-World War II international order before shifting to a broader critique of modern capitalism. Through Cole's "token economy" thought experiment, they debate whether markets truly measure contribution, the role of incentives, and what a society ought to value.