Public Intellectuals, Thought Leaders, and the Marketplace of Ideas | Daniel Drezner

In Episode 20 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Daniel Drezner about the state of intellectual thought in American society. Where does one go in order to find good information? How does one measure the value of an idea if he or she cannot determine its veracity? How has the wealth gap, partisanship, and information overload created a landscape welcoming to thought leaders but hostile to the very types of public intellectuals that would have been celebrated less than 50 years before?