Martin Gurri
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Visiting Research Fellow
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst specializing in the relationship of politics and global media. His book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, first published in 2014 and updated in 2018, has been praised for foreshadowing the political shocks of Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump.
Mr. Gurri has published numerous articles, studies, and opinion pieces on geopolitical- and media-related topics. His blog, The Fifth Wave, pursues the themes first elaborated in The Revolt of the Public.
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Dan Rothschild talks to Arnold Kling and Martin Gurri about how a collapse of trust in established institutions has led to a world of competing truths
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Discourse Magazine Podcast Discourse Magazine Podcast
Living in a Post-Truth Age
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Out of Post-Truth
Surmounting five riddles of the information sphere
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Out of Post-Truth
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Great Reset
Marc Andreessen’s recent exhortation “to build” is exactly right
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Great Reset
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hand Sanitizers, Face Masks and Common Sense Regulation
Regulations contributed to shortages in critical COVID-19 supplies; regulatory review commissions could smooth paths going forward
- | Feature Feature
Going Viral
How parallel viralities of the coronavirus and information overwhelmed (and changed) the world
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Going Viral
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Character as Politics
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Dan Rothschild talks to Arnold Kling and Martin Gurri about how a collapse of trust in established institutions has led to a world of competing truths
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Discourse Magazine Podcast Discourse Magazine Podcast
Living in a Post-Truth Age
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Out of Post-Truth
Surmounting five riddles of the information sphere
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Out of Post-Truth
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Great Reset
Marc Andreessen’s recent exhortation “to build” is exactly right
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Great Reset
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hand Sanitizers, Face Masks and Common Sense Regulation
Regulations contributed to shortages in critical COVID-19 supplies; regulatory review commissions could smooth paths going forward
- | Feature Feature
Going Viral
How parallel viralities of the coronavirus and information overwhelmed (and changed) the world
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Going Viral
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary