Liberalism Is in Trouble. Aaron Bastani Meets Francis Fukuyama

Few political thinkers exert such an influence that their work becomes synonymous with a historic era. Francis Fukuyama’s declaration of “the end of history” after the fall of the Soviet Union made him one of those thinkers—but 30 years on, has he reassessed his own claim?

Aaron Bastani speaks to Fukuyama on the publication of his new book, Liberalism and its Discontents.

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