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Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics and now the Joe Biden presidency.

We will be looking at how a 78-year-old president will change America we'll be asking if normalcy, which is what he promised to bring,

has returned to American politics. The answer, of course, is no.

I'm delighted to be joined today by Christopher Caldwell, who is a contributing editor at the Claremont Review,

and the author of The Age of Entitlement, America Since the 60s, as well as other wonderful books.

Chris, it is great to have you on.

I think this is the first time we've had you on Americano,

which is wonderful for us to have you on.

Well, I'm delighted to be here, Freddie.

Thank you.

I thought we should just ask the question,

is the Biden presidency's honeymoon ending?

And I think it's a bit of a cliche to talk about presidential

honeymoons, but I think it's fair to say Biden has been treated quite softly so far by the

press and the media generally. And in recent days, there have been signs that perhaps

despite his favourable treatment, the administration is coming off the wheels slightly we have

inflation which people have been warning about for a long time the modern monetary theorists have

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