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Chapter three: Networks, Hierarchies, and Tyrannies
Ferguson explains how networks operate is not really understood and applied to history. Until societies can better understand how illiberal ideologies spread, they are in danger of succumbing to the next radical ideology.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/lessons-hoover-policy-boot-camp/freedom-and-unfreedom-lessons-20th-century/video
To learn more about the Hoover Summer Policy Boot camp, visit: hoover.org/hoover-institution-summer-policy-boot-camp.
Click below to watch the other videos in this series.
Chapter 1: youtube.com/watch?v=0uRThTGeF08
Chapter 2: youtube.com/watch?v=B3ClT_hfi4A
Chapter 3: youtube.com/watch?v=tEMzC4UcUTY
Additional resources:
Read Niall Ferguson’s book The Square and the Tower. Available here: hoover.org/research/square-and-tower.
Watch or listen to “Baby Busts and Bank Crashes: A Conversation with Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt” on GoodFellows. Available here: hoover.org/research/baby-busts-and-bank-crashes-conversation-demographer-nicholas-eberstadt.
Watch “Free Speech: Why Does It Matter?” on PolicyEd. Available here: policyed.org/building-blocks-progress/free-speech-why-does-it-matter-chapter-12/video.
Watch “Why Do Some Democracies Survive While Others Fail?” on PolicyEd. Available here: policyed.org/unarchived/why-do-some-democracies-survive-while-others-fail/video.
Read “Populism, Freedom, the National Interest, and the American Spirit,” by Peter Berkowitz via RealClear Politics. Available here: realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/08/populism_freedom_the_national_interest_and_the_american_spirit_148692.html.
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Chapter three: Networks, Hierarchies, and Tyrannies
Ferguson explains how networks operate is not really understood and applied to history. Until societies can better understand how illiberal ideologies spread, they are in danger of succumbing to the next radical ideology.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/lessons-hoover-policy-boot-camp/freedom-and-unfreedom-lessons-20th-century/video
To learn more about the Hoover Summer Policy Boot camp, visit: hoover.org/hoover-institution-summer-policy-boot-camp.
Click below to watch the other videos in this series.
Chapter 1: youtube.com/watch?v=0uRThTGeF08
Chapter 2: youtube.com/watch?v=B3ClT_hfi4A
Chapter 3: youtube.com/watch?v=tEMzC4UcUTY
Additional resources:
Read Niall Ferguson’s book The Square and the Tower. Available here: hoover.org/research/square-and-tower.
Watch or listen to “Baby Busts and Bank Crashes: A Conversation with Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt” on GoodFellows. Available here: hoover.org/research/baby-busts-and-bank-crashes-conversation-demographer-nicholas-eberstadt.
Watch “Free Speech: Why Does It Matter?” on PolicyEd. Available here: policyed.org/building-blocks-progress/free-speech-why-does-it-matter-chapter-12/video.
Watch “Why Do Some Democracies Survive While Others Fail?” on PolicyEd. Available here: policyed.org/unarchived/why-do-some-democracies-survive-while-others-fail/video.
Read “Populism, Freedom, the National Interest, and the American Spirit,” by Peter Berkowitz via RealClear Politics. Available here: realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/08/populism_freedom_the_national_interest_and_the_american_spirit_148692.html.
Visit policyed.org to learn more.
- Subscribe to PolicyEd’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/PolicyEdSub
- Follow PolicyEd on Twitter: bit.ly/PolicyEdTwit
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