the 1990s

Type: Event

As of November 2026, the 1990s has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025). Mentioned as part of the discussion on the rise of the meritocratic elite and the neoliberal revolution.

The 1990s was a decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of Russia's status as a superpower, the end of a multipolar world, and the rise of anti-Western sentiment. China was still recovering from a politically and economically turbulent period, allowing the US to eme