Big Ideas - Season 2011 Episode 3 Chris Hedges on The Death of the Liberal Class
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges delivers a lecture on his latest book The Death of the Liberal Class. He argues that American liberalism, a once proud political tradition, is dead, having sold out to corporate interests and abandoned its original principles. The result is a breakdown of the very fabric of democracy.
Year: 2013
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Studio: TVOntario
Director: Wodek Szemberg
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First Air Date: Jan 01, 1970
Last Air date: Jan 04, 2013
Season: 8 Season
Episode: 62 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
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Popularity: 0.2172
Language: English
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Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue
Chris Hedges on The Death of the Liberal Class
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Robert Adams on The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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