The Importance of Disappointment

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I think that the unifying word here is disappointment, disappointment with the way society has turned out in some cases. And then there's a component of economic disappointment as well. We come down to an argument about whether the cultural factors are more important and I don't disagree. The best way to explain it is through disappointment and anxiety created by rapid change. In many democracies, constant sense of conflict and contradiction so all around us people are yelling at each other the whole time.

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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