Samuel Moyn (@samuelmoyn.bsky.social)

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:45 PM

Why didn't someone tell me that "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is about how gerontocrats should never have to retire, on a flimsy pretext about how only they preserve creative and non-capitalist values? Hmm...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:05 PM

Amazing week on “On Point”-a five-part series inspired by my book “Gerontocracy in America” that is enjoyable, fair, and interesting. Check it out! What an honor. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:21 AM

Deep cut dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:19 AM

First they sent the stablehands of the old “New Republic.” Then the stsblemaster took his turn. Epic. libertiesjournal.com/articles/mak...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:19 PM

Absolute barnburner! (Leon Wieseltier on “Gerontocracy in America” - what an honor to have triggered him.) libertiesjournal.com/articles/mak...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 11:32 PM

Meghna and “On Point” on podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 8:44 PM

I will tell my daughter to attend!

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 3:22 PM

Beauvoir’s book was a big inspiration for mine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:01 PM

“As Samuel Moyn posits in his new book, an ‘oldigarchy’ intent on hoarding wealth and power determines how the US is governed. In this political landscape, young people have reported record levels of dissatisfaction with the rapidly ageing ruling class.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 4:41 PM

Graceful tribute www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

@ppfideas.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:42 AMReposted by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW!

Today’s PPF+ bonus episode is part two of David’s conversation with @samuelmoyn.bsky.social about the growing wealth and power of older generations and what can be done about it.

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@ppfideas.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 AMReposted by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

In today’s episode for our series about living in ageing societies, David talks to historian and legal scholar @samuelmoyn.bsky.social about the problem of gerontocracy, aka the rule of the old. Do the young stand a chance any more?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:35 AM

Awesome convo podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 9:13 PM

Yes @maschwar.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/dani...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 6:31 PM

Mark Lilla’s preface to the new edition of Judith Shklar’s “The Liberalism of Fear” www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:01 PM

Great convo www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:26 PM

Excellent review www.svd.se/a/oEoKa7/det...

@johndavidbooks.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:51 PMReposted by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social

Thoughts on @samuelmoyn.bsky.social's superb account of liberalism defensively retreating into itself after more than a century of promising emancipation and liberation (@yalepress.bsky.social, 2023).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚

youtu.be/KmFh1A9tu3I

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 7:45 PM

Congrats to Nicolas for writing one of the most important recent books

@mayor.nyc.gov Sep 24, 2026, 2:20 PMReposted by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social

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