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About Keith Krueger
Interests include comparative political systems, economic history and institutions. Degrees in business and public administration with an emphasis on public policy development.
keithNBn@gmail.com
NBN Episodes hosted by Keith:
East Asian Studies
May 17, 2022
Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes
Lessons from East Asia
Christopher Carothers
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Political corruption remains … one of the most intriguing and challenging issues in social science research and public policy, perhaps because although it occurs in virtually all polities, its causes …
Intellectual History
April 21, 2022
A Brief History of Equality
Thomas Piketty
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
There is no political power without control of the archive, if not of memory. Effective democratization can always be measured by this essential criterion: the participation in and the access …
Intellectual History
March 30, 2022
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
Alexander Zaitchik
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Although the dividing line between private life and public responsibilities can never be definite and clear, there is a moral threshold which is crossed both by those who assume power …
Intellectual History
February 9, 2022
Albert O. Hirschman
An Intellectual Biography
Michele Alacevich
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Despite the virtually unanimous agreement about his importance, describing Hirschman’s legacy and influence on others is not an easy task— arguably because he was indeed in a league of his …
Chinese Studies
December 21, 2021
Disaggregating China, Inc.
State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order
Yeling Tan
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Once you understand that markets require public institutions of governance and regulation in order to function well, and further, you accept that nations may have different preferences over the shape …
Intellectual History
July 12, 2021
Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle
Strategies, Tactics, Objectives
Robert Ovetz
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Keith Krueger
"The point of studying the world – including the past and other’s writings – is not just to understand it but to use that understanding to change it." – Harry …
Anthropology
May 5, 2021
Wade Davis Discusses His Life and Work
Wade Davis
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Keith Krueger
"… I am an axe; And my son a handle, soon; To be shaping again, model; And tool, craft of culture; How we go on." - Gary Snyder, Axe Handles (1983) "… wisdom …
Chinese Studies
February 19, 2021
Forgotten Ally
China's World War II, 1937–1945
Rana Mitter
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Keith Krueger
If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in …
Intellectual History
October 20, 2020
A Foreign Policy for the Left
Michael Walzer
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Keith Krueger
In my old age, I try to argue more quietly, though I still believe that sharp disagreement is a sign of political seriousness. What engaged citizens think and say matters …
Intellectual History
July 31, 2020
The Law of Political Economy
Transformation in the Function of Law
Poul Kjaer
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Legal and political theories are not descriptions of brute facts. Nor are they merely postulated ideals or aspirations. Theories reflect and are reflected in our social relationships … Moral and …
East Asian Studies
June 29, 2020
Superpower Interrupted
The Chinese History of the World
Michael Schuman
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
We stand on the eve of a different kind of world, but comprehending it is difficult: we are so accustomed to dealing with the paradigms of the contemporary world that …
Intellectual History
May 4, 2020
Constituent Power
A History
Lucia Rubinelli
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
"The intellectual historian has to start with the words." – Richard Whatmore, What is Intellectual History? When political theorists write about the principle of popular power, that is, who are …
Intellectual History
April 21, 2020
Capital and Ideology
Thomas Piketty
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Keith Krueger
It seems easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of the earth and of nature than the breakdown of late capitalism; perhaps that is due to some weakness …
Intellectual History
April 2, 2020
The Code of Capital
How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Katharina Pistor
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Keith Krueger
"Most lawyers, most actors, most soldiers and sailors, most athletes, most doctors, and most diplomats feel a certain solidarity in the face of outsiders, and, in spite of other differences …
Sociology
March 18, 2020
Just Hierarchy
Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World
Daniel A. Bell and Wang Pei
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
What are the arguments in favor of social hierarchies? Are there differences in how hierarchy is viewed and valued in China compared with other countries? Which forms of social hierarchy …
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