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Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 2:54 p.m.

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This week\\u2019s theme, courtesy of Tony Soprano: \\u201cIs the U.S. over?\\u201d

Both Tammy and Jay have new pieces out on our failure to curb the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes. The country has seemed unable to tackle complex problems. Have we learned anything? What now?

0:00 \\u2013 We talk about the vaccine rollout in the U.S. and our ominously poor start to distribution. Tammy hates on federalism and the States counterplan (debate joke). Plus: should health care workers have the right to refuse the vaccine?

23:45 \\u2013 At the end of 2020, Beijing-based economic analyst Dan Wang offered this year-in-review newsletter full of global, historical observations of the U.S., spurring much chatter on China Twitter.\\xa0

Is Chinese society experiencing the equivalent of the U.S.\\u2019s \\u201cgolden age of capitalism\\u201d? How do most Americans imagine the life of an \\u201caverage\\u201d person in China\\u2014you know, like Pangzai? And is the U.S. in a \\u201cdeclining empire\\u201d / \\u201crentier\\u201d stage of its history?

1:09:30 \\u2013 A listener question from Swoo: What were some of your favorite reads in 2020?\\xa0

* Tammy: James Baldwin, \\u201cStranger in the Village\\u201d (essay)

* Andy: Nancy Fraser, \\u201cFeminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History\\u201d\\xa0(paper)

* Jay: Greg Kot, I\\u2019ll Take You There; Mark Kram, Jr., Ghosts of Manila

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