The Good Society
Michael AlbertusHow politics can fuel or fail democracy, development, and equality
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 75 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Forecasting the Midterms — and What Comes Next
This post is an interview with John Mark Hansen, the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago (and therefore my colleague!). His research focuses on American e...
Israel’s Highest-Stakes Election in Decades
This post is an interview with Natan Sachs, a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute and an adjunct lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. His research and commentary cover US foreign policy,...
Francis Fukuyama Revisits The End of History
This post is an interview with Francis Fukuyama, a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute and the author of the new book, In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir. He has written widely on political order, development, and liber...
AI Was Supposed to Perfect Authoritarian Control. Repression Is Getting in the Way.
This post is an interview with Eddie Yang, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, who studies censorship, repression, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of a fascinating new article, "The Limits of AI for...
The Imperial Snatch of Venezuela’s Oil
It’s shocking, and endangers prospects for democracy – but it’s in keeping with a new geopolitical trend
When Donald Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, he said the US would “run” Venezuel...
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Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago and author of Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies. He writes on democracy, equality, and development on Substack (The Good Society) and X.
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