The current breed of authoritarian populace, whatever we're going to call them, really wants to substitute their view of society for any kind of elite opinion. So paradoxically, in a way, part of this anti-elitism is against the people who run institutions which actually preserve welfare and our freedom. And try to be, you know, run on facts and evidence.
In this fourth episode of Martin Wolf’s series, the FT’s chief economics commentator discusses the rise of populist politics with someone who was hit by its hard edge: Hillary Clinton. Drawing on arguments in Martin’s latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, they discuss what the future holds for democracy, why female leaders face such extreme misogyny and threats of violence, whether President Biden can win re-election next year, and why Clinton is pinning her hopes on a younger generation of voters.
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