Ben Ansell's guest appearances

Ben Ansell

The Good Fight

Inside Politics

The CapX Podcast

Arun Church Teaching

The Realignment

Arun Church Talks

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Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&amp;A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail Us: realignmentpod@gmail.comFoundation for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-faiBen Ansell, author of Why Politics Fails and Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, joins The Realignment. Ben and Marshall discuss why the initial promise of the twenty-first century stagnated into dysfunction and stasis, the role self-interest plays in limiting societies from achieving collective goals in the categories of democracy, equality, solidarity, security, and prosperity, and how and why the political process succeeded during previous eras.

Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&amp;A episodes and support the show: <a href="https://realignment.supercast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://realignment.supercast.com/</a>REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: <a href="https://therealignment.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://therealignment.substack.com/</a>PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment</a>Email Us: <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/be4889c3-b862-449f-9c40-f12e592fff92/shows/56777834-d075-40c6-9325-2bc1f1c2e4a8/episodes/b3b2139f-94c1-47ee-b63b-e43296676ec0/realignmentpod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">realignmentpod@gmail.com</a>Foundation for American Innovation: <a href="https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-fai</a>Ben Ansell, author of Why Politics Fails and Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, joins The Realignment. Ben and Marshall discuss why the initial promise of the twenty-first century stagnated into dysfunction and stasis, the role self-interest plays in limiting societies from achieving collective goals in the categories of democracy, equality, solidarity, security, and prosperity, and how and why the political process succeeded during previous eras.

394 | Ben Ansell: Why Politics Fails

Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of Why Politics Fails. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ben Ansell discuss the collective goods that we all desire (democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity) and why political systems struggle to bring them about; the implicit trade-offs in democratic systems; and the institutions we need to create more just and prosperous societies.This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: podcast@persuasion.community Website: http://www.persuasion.communityPodcast production by John Taylor Williams, and Brendan RuberryConnect with us!Spotify | Apple | GoogleTwitter: @Yascha_Mounk &amp; @joinpersuasionYoutube: Yascha MounkLinkedIn: Persuasion CommunityLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of <a href="https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/ben-ansell/why-politics-fails/9781541702073/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Politics Fails</a>. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ben Ansell discuss the collective goods that we all desire (democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity) and why political systems struggle to bring them about; the implicit trade-offs in democratic systems; and the institutions we need to create more just and prosperous societies. <a href="https://www.persuasion.community/p/ansell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.</a> Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following <a href="https://www.persuasion.community/account/add-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this link on your phone</a>.Email: podcast@persuasion.community Website: <a href="http://www.persuasion.community/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.persuasion.community</a>Podcast production by John Taylor Williams, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us!<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3nhfO2XVPsv2wZafZ5n7Hk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-fight/id1198765424" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3RoZV9nb29kX2ZpZ2h0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Yascha_Mounk</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@joinpersuasion</a>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheUtopianMagazine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yascha Mounk</a>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/71607345/admin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Persuasion Community</a>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ben Ansell on Why Politics Fail

The whole world is a series of collective action problems, says Professor Ben Ansell. We want action taken to solve problems, but we want most of the benefits of those actions for ourselves while wanting others to bear the costs. These conflicts are at the heart of the failure of politics to solve many pressing problems, from housing to climate change.In his new book Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World &amp; How to Escape Them, he looks in detail at these conflicts and why modern politics leaves us so disappointed.On today's podcast Ben talks to Hugh Linehan about how politics works on a human level, why trust in politics has declined, the importance of institutions, the evolution of political parties, and why housing is the defining issue of the age.Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Oxford University. Why Politics Fails is his fourth book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The whole world is a series of collective action problems, says Professor Ben Ansell. We want action taken to solve problems, but we want most of the benefits of those actions for ourselves while wanting others to bear the costs. These conflicts are at the heart of the failure of politics to solve many pressing problems, from housing to climate change.In his new book Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World &amp; How to Escape Them, he looks in detail at these conflicts and why modern politics leaves us so disappointed.On today's podcast Ben talks to Hugh Linehan about how politics works on a human level, why trust in politics has declined, the importance of institutions, the evolution of political parties, and why housing is the defining issue of the age.Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Oxford University. Why Politics Fails is his fourth book. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Why is politics failing to solve problems like housing? With Ben Ansell 

Would we all be better off if only we had better politicians? It's a comforting illusion, but really the problem isn't those who sweep in and out of power, but you and me, the public - that's the basic argument put forward by political scientist Ben Ansell in his new book Why Politics Fails.  Drawing on examples from Ancient Greece to Brexit and Covid lockdowns, Ben argues compellingly that the problem with politics is that self interest and collective goals rub up against each other to create five inescapable 'traps'. The 'democracy trap' for instance, is that we want a say in how we're governed, but all have rather different ideas of what that entails – the idea of a 'will of the people' is the stuff of utopian fantasy, not political reality. So how do we resolve those tensions and paradoxes while keeping in place the democratic processes we all take for granted? Our editor John Ashmore sat down with Ben to find out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would we all be better off if only we had better politicians? It's a comforting illusion, but really the problem isn't those who sweep in and out of power, but you and me, the public - that's the basic argument put forward by political scientist Ben Ansell in his new book Why Politics Fails.  Drawing on examples from Ancient Greece to Brexit and Covid lockdowns, Ben argues compellingly that the problem with politics is that self interest and collective goals rub up against each other to create five inescapable 'traps'. The 'democracy trap' for instance, is that we want a say in how we're governed, but all have rather different ideas of what that entails – the idea of a 'will of the people' is the stuff of utopian fantasy, not political reality. So how do we resolve those tensions and paradoxes while keeping in place the democratic processes we all take for granted? Our editor John Ashmore sat down with Ben to find out... Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.