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You’ve got to have a populist hammer that breaks up everybody in the federal government and everybody in these universities and then a set of aristocrats that is common good oriented who’s connected to the bottom 80% who will do right by them.
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You have to have a populist hammer that breaks up the federal government and universities and then a set of aristocrats.
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Archon Fung
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Podcast
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Created
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM (2 months ago)
Last Updated
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM (2 months ago)

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https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policycast/oligarchy-open-what-happens-now-us-forced-confront-its-plutocracy

Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig discuss the rise of oligarchy in the US, fueled by billionaire influence. They analyze the implications of this trend and propose policy recommendations to address the corrupting influence of money in politics.

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