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From Tyranny, Inc. to "Win-Enough" Democracy

Sohrab Ahmari joins this episode of Democracy’s Future to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc, explaining why conservatives should support the rights of workers. For Ahmari, democracy should mean the Left and the Right find ways to “win enough” of their agendas, in order to defend citizens’ freedom against the concentrated power of employers and corporations.

Episode 5 of the Democracy's Future? podcast, hosted by sohrab ahmari, Zephyr Teachout, Julie Suk, titled "From Tyranny, Inc. to "Win-Enough" Democracy" was published on December 11, 2023 and runs 50 minutes.

December 11, 2023 ·50m · Democracy's Future?

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Sohrab Ahmari joins this episode of Democracy’s Future to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc, explaining why conservatives should support the rights of workers. For Ahmari, democracy should mean the Left and the Right find ways to “win enough” of their agendas, in order to defend citizens’ freedom against the concentrated power of employers and corporations.

Sohrab Ahmari is the author of How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do about It.  He also founded the online magazine The Compact, and was formerly the op-ed editor of the New York Post.  He was also a columnist and editor for the Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Spectator, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Literary Supplement, Commentary, Dissent, and The American Conservative. 

 

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