“Gerontocracy in America” (2026) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/ http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
Amen to this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel MoynThe task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar worldwww.theguardian.comThe great Asli Bâli and I this morning on the sentimental glazing of US global supremacy - and the need to coax opportunity from its aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel MoynThe task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar worldwww.theguardian.com
Guardian US here asking the key question of the era, while Guardian UK focuses on other matters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel MoynThe task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar worldwww.theguardian.com
The great Asli Bâli and I this morning on the sentimental glazing of US global supremacy - and the need to coax opportunity from its aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel MoynThe task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar worldwww.theguardian.comNate @nhold.bsky.social is of course absolutely right (possibly among other things) about the dilemmas and pathologies of elite academia. lpeproject.org/blog/what-ro...
What Rolls DownhillRecent calls for mandatory retirement in academia are a reminder that class and other social hierarchies are something like mountains with increasingly dense fog toward their peaks: the higher up one…lpeproject.orgThe core thesis of my book is that gerontocracy is no longer freestanding, as in its archaic forms. In modern guise it reappears as a transformation of democratic and market orderings.
Sarah Emily Duff‘what a clear picture of age as a mediator of class would show us is not actually gerontocracy, but capitalism and the fractionated class system it produces.’ By @gabrielwinant.bsky.social Historians of age need to engage with Moyn’s new book!
All in on this one: Greg Afinogenov is brilliant. “Academia is political today because everything is political—even (or especially) claims that someone or something else is too political.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
In the Grip of Politics | Greg AfinogenovAll of us, from academics to fishermen, have now internalized a practice of reading the social world as a field of political or latently political signs. TV watching habits, food choices, clothing, in...www.nplusonemag.comCongrats to Aziz Congrats to Aziz nypost.com/2026/07/25/u...
Exclusive | DSA calls US Constitution ‘rationalization of pirate kingdom’ in workshop to rewrite itThe NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America bashed the US Constitution as “a rationalization of a pirate kingdom” last week at a twisted workshop where it brainstormed ways …nypost.com
"Moyn is blunt about this: the solution to the problem of gerontocracy in America is the expropriation of the assets of older citizens who have far more than they need." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · The Cult of LongevityWe don’t have a politics of what works so much as a politics of what older citizens won’t notice. All human beings...www.lrb.co.uk
The collapse of U.S. hegemony is because of a threat not from outside but from within. We have come to mistreat strangers while waging endless wars that violate our ideals. Identifying with this neoliberal world order, Nolan is right to feel guilty. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Impale and Cry: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”In the latest rendering of the epic, there is plenty to feel guilty about even if you did not mean it.www.thenation.com"Butler was remarkably successful in getting ageism taken seriously: lobbyists, campaigners and boosters emerged to champion the interests of senior citizens. Their neglect is far less likely today as the advantages enjoyed by the elderly have grown." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · The Cult of LongevityWe don’t have a politics of what works so much as a politics of what older citizens won’t notice. All human beings...www.lrb.co.uk
