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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It, with Yascha Mounk
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It, with Yascha Mounk
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Harvard's Yascha Mounk argues that liberalism and democracy are coming apart, creating new forms of illiberal democracy (democracy without rights) and undemocratic liberalism (rights without democracy). Populist leaders are flourishing; indeed, Hungary is on the verge of descending into dictatorship, with shamefully little criticism from the Europe or the U.S. What are the causes of this phenomenon? What can we do about it?
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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