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Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk is a Carnegie Fellow at New America and a Lecturer on Political Theory at Harvard University. He is the author of Stranger in My Own Country: A Jewish Family in Modern Germany (FSG).

Latest articles by Yascha Mounk

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Donald Trump isn’t a fascist; he’s a demagogue. That’s why he’s so dangerous.Donald Trump isn’t a fascist; he’s a demagogue. That’s why he’s so dangerous.
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Max Weber nailed the problem with Donald Trump a century ago — and explained why his ideological flexibility is the most dangerous thing about him.

By Yascha Mounk and Daniel Ziblatt
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The biggest danger Donald Trump poses to the political system is not what you thinkThe biggest danger Donald Trump poses to the political system is not what you think
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The most dangerous thing about Donald Trump is not that he might get elected. It’s what he will do to the political process even if he doesn’t.

By Yascha Mounk
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This mental fallacy explains who your friends are voting for in the primaries.This mental fallacy explains who your friends are voting for in the primaries.
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Do you think the candidate you like best in the primaries also has the best shot at winning in the general election? If so, you might be a victim of one of the most common psychological biases.

By Yascha Mounk
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Is America’s two-party system less stable than we think? Spain’s elections suggest so.Is America’s two-party system less stable than we think? Spain’s elections suggest so.
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For decades, two big parties dominated Spanish politics. But in recent elections, complete political neophytes stormed the stage, dealing a blow to the two-party system. Could the same happen in the United States?

By Yascha Mounk
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7 worrying charts about the state of democracy in America (and beyond)7 worrying charts about the state of democracy in America (and beyond)
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Seven charts that might make you fear for democracy’s future — in America, and around the world.

By Yascha Mounk and Roberto Foa
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Stanley Hoffmann was a scholar, an intellectual, a mensch. He was the last of his kind.Stanley Hoffmann was a scholar, an intellectual, a mensch. He was the last of his kind.
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Stanley Hoffmann passed away this past Sunday. Political science has lost a model for what it means to be a scholar, an intellectual, and a mensch — and it will never be the same.

By Yascha Mounk