The Problem With Russian Disinformation

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There are clearly ways in which democratic political systems set up in the 18th or 19th century are no longer fit for practice. There's another set of answers that has to do with renovating and renewing institutions again, especially in the United States where you can't even think about constitutional change because it's totally off the table. And then I would add one other thing which is the influence of the autocratic world on the democratic world.

In this third episode of Martin Wolf’s series, the renowned FT columnist and economist speaks to the journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, who has written extensively about the history of communism and the development of civil society in central and eastern Europe. Drawing on arguments in Martin’s latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, they discuss what lies behind a global rise in autocracy and what can be done to counter it.

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This episode is presented by Martin Wolf. The producer is Laurence Knight. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa and the sound engineer is Breen Turner. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Clips: C-Span, France 24, Soviet radio, BBC, Stanford University, CBS

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