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Francis Fukuyama

American Economist

Born: Oct 27, 1952

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The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold. Francis Fukuyama

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I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to people. But there are blips. History doesn't proceed in a linear way. Francis Fukuyama

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In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists. Francis Fukuyama

Good General Nation-Building Very American

I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it would be crazy to trade that in for something else. Francis Fukuyama

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I'm a tenured professor. But I'd get rid of tenure. Francis Fukuyama

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