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“She changed Britain and she did it in a way that profoundly shifted Britain from a socialistic to a much more capitalistic country — and I think she was more right than wrong about almost everything.”

Andrew Sullivan
CEO, President & Director, Prudential Financial Inc
Controversial Policy Impact economic policymodernizationMargaret Thatcher

On , Andrew Sullivan, CEO, President & Director at Prudential Financial Inc, spoke about economic policy during Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys | Conversations with Tyler on MercatusCenter.

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Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys | Conversations with Tyler
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Upon learning he was HIV positive in 1993, Andrew Sullivan began writing more than he ever had before. Believing that he didn't have long to live, he wanted to leave behind a book detailing his best argument for refocusing the gay rights movement on marriage equality and military service. Three decades later and Sullivan has not only lived to see the book published, but also seen the ideas in it gain legal and cultural acceptance. This, along with the fact that the pace and influence of his writing has continued apace, qualifies him in Tyler's estimation as the most influential public intellectual of his generation. Andrew joined Tyler to discuss the role of the AIDs epidemic in achieving marriage equality, the difficulty of devoutness in everyday life, why public intellectuals often lack courage, how being a gay man helps him access perspectives he otherwise wouldn't, how drugs influence his ideas, the reasons why he's a passionate defender of SATs and IQ tests, what Niall Ferguson and Boris Johnson were like as fellow undergraduates, what Americans get wrong about British politics, why so few people share his admiration for Margaret Thatcher, why Bowie was so special, why Airplane! is his favorite movie, what Oakeshottian conservatism offers us today, whether wokeism has a positive influence globally, why he someday hopes to glower at the sea from in the west of Ireland, and more. Transcript and links: https://conversationswithtyler.com/ep... https://www.vox.com/2015/1/31/7954165... Andrew's latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Out-Limb-Selec... Stay connected: Follow us on Twitter, IG, and Facebook: @cowenconvos   / cowenconvos     / cowenconvos     / cowenconvos   https://conversationswithtyler.com https://mercatus.org Thumbnail photo credit: Chad Norman (https://flickr.com/photos/chadnorman/)
Andrew Sullivan

About Andrew Sullivan

CEO, President & Director · Prudential Financial Inc

In a 2021 interview, Andrew Sullivan discussed his new book "Out on a Limb: Selected Writings 1989-2021," describing it as a chronological collection intended to show consistency in his writing over three decades. He stated that he did not believe marriage equality would have been achieved without the AIDS crisis, and expressed admiration for Margaret Thatcher, saying she "changed Britain" and was "more right than wrong about almost everything." Sullivan also characterized former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as "a charmer and a liar, and hilarious." Sullivan offered critiques of what he termed "wokeness," arguing that it "posits the West as essentially a construction of oppression rather than liberation" and that elites have driven its spread because they "want to feel morally worthy." He expressed a preference for liberal means of protecting minorities)Skip. On COVID-19, Sullivan said he was "in favor of getting on with life and getting back to normal as quickly as possible" after receiving his vaccination. He also commented on British politics, stating that the Conservative Party has "developed a canny strategy to represent the voices and feelings of those who feel they're left behind" and that "historically the Tory role has been to co-opt populism for elitism."

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