WEEKEND LISTENING: Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’?

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Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg debate.
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A few weeks ago, fresh from being knighted by King Charles, historian Sir Niall Ferguson officially joined The Free Press as a columnist. His first piece was a banger, provocatively titled “We’re All Soviets Now.” His argument: America today resembles the decaying Soviet Union of the ’70s and ’80s. We’re physically unwell—life expectancies are shockingl…
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