The Value of Using the F Word to Describe Contemporary Political Pathologies

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There has been a considerable amount of discussion over the past half decade among historians and political scientists about the value of using words like fascism to describe these contemporary political pathologies. So yes, I don't think it is ridiculous to say that we are seeing echoes of artistic politics. But if you want, we could simply say what we are seeing, as Jens van der Muhlle puts it so well, anti-pluralist populism.

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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