The Delicate Symbiosis Between the Market Economy and Liberal Democracy

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In the 1990s and early 2000s, you were a strong advocate of free market globalization. How is your view of globalization as an economic project evolved over the past two decades? "There's really very little in it that I would now reject," he says.

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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Martin Wolf: in defence of democratic capitalism

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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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