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The problem with fear in politics

Clip: 7/31/2018 | 6m 51sVideo has Closed Captions

The problem with fear in politics

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum wrote her latest book, “The Monarchy of Fear,” to better understand the 2016 election. She tells Jeffrey Brown that when fear gets into the mix, we fail to work out actual problems.

07/31/2018

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