Andrew Meier: A Defense of Aristocracy? How the American Morgenthau Dynasty Pursued an Ethic of Public Service

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Andrew Meier: A Defense of Aristocracy? How the American Morgenthau Dynasty Pursued an Ethic of Public Service

Andrew Keen

Sep 20, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Andrew Meier, author of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty.

Andrew Meier is the author of Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall and The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin’s Secret Service. A former Moscow correspondent for TIME, he has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, among numerous other publications, for more than two decades. His work has been recognized with fellowships from the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library and the Leon Levy Center for Biography, as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and their two daughters.

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