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Danielle Allen: What Do COVID-19 and Extreme Inequality Mean for American Democracy?
Publisher |
Harvard Magazine
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Interview
Society & Culture
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Education
Science
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 02, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:29:42

In this episode, political philosopher Danielle Allen explains why the COVID crisis, extreme inequality, and undemocratic government are all connected—and how democracy in America can still be reinvigorated.

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For a transcript of this episode, go to https://harvardmagazine.com/2020/danielle-allen

Ask a Harvard Professor is hosted by Jonathan Shaw, Marina Bolotnikova, Jacob Sweet, and produced by Jacob Sweet and Niko Yaitanes. Our theme music was composed by Louis Weeks.

America's response to the COVID-19 crisis, says political philosopher Danielle Allen, represents "the biggest possible announcement one could have of the broken state of affairs" in our nation's democracy. Allen has helped lead one of the most authoritative national reports on the combination of testing and contact tracing needed to contain the pandemic, as well as an ambitious proposal for reinventing American democracy through an enlarged House of Representatives, ranked-choice voting, and more. In this episode, the political philosopher explains why the COVID crisis, extreme inequality, and undemocratic government are all connected—and how democracy in America can still be reinvigorated. "Failure with regard to democracy is, for me, simply not an option," she says. "I'm not an optimist, and I'm certainly not a pessimist. What I am is a not-an-optionist."

In this episode, political philosopher Danielle Allen explains why the COVID crisis, extreme inequality, and undemocratic government are all connected—and how democracy in America can still be reinvigorated.

For more information about Harvard Magazine and this podcast, visit www.harvardmagazine.com/podcast and follow us on TwitterFacebook, and Instagram.

For a transcript of this episode, go to https://harvardmagazine.com/2020/danielle-allen

Ask a Harvard Professor is hosted by Jonathan Shaw, Marina Bolotnikova, Jacob Sweet, and produced by Jacob Sweet and Niko Yaitanes. Our theme music was composed by Louis Weeks.

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