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Jim Ryan.

And his most recent and excellent book is American Leviathan, The Birth of the Administrative State

and Progressive progressive authoritarianism.

I've got the Kindle eBook version right here. Welcome to Geopolitics and Empire, Ned.

Yeah, no, great to be with you. You know, I've had a number of guests who've written books

on this theme, and I was just telling you before I hit record, I think yours is one of the

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