The Importance of Plymouth Gin and Tonic

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Next week, Martin Wolf will be speaking to Larry Diamond about the decline of democracy. He has been an important source of ideas for me and particularly because he came up with the concept of a global democratic recession in 2006. Next week's episode will be published this Saturday, the third of June. It's summer, and you know what that means: Plymouth gin and tonic.

In the first of this four-part series, the renowned FT columnist and economist Martin Wolf tells the FT’s executive opinion editor Jonathan Derbyshire why he fears the marriage of liberal economics and democracy may be facing its toughest test in decades. Drawing on arguments in his latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, Martin explains how his own life story and career have shaped his views.

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This episode is presented by Jonathan Derbyshire. 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.

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