Radboud Reflects

[Nijmegen] Radboud Reflects: The End of the American Dream

Reduce democracy. Shift the burden. Engineer elections. Keep the rabble in line. Not exactly the ideas of an ideal society, so it seems … Yet the American philosopher Noam Chomsky argues that these are exactly the principles of neoliberalism that lead to an increasing gap between the rich and the poor. Come and hear how political philosopher Mathijs van de Sande, economic sociologist Agnes Akkerman, and award-winning writer and director Kelly Nyks analyze how the ideal of equal opportunity has become obsolete and the American Dream has come to an end.
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