The War on Books and the War on Institutions

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Santis: How it was possible for Donald Trump to try to subvert the election and get support of a great American party? Santis: I did not foresee it. But having made the mistake once in 2016 of saying there's no way someone like that can get elected, one mistake I've resolved to not make again is to dismiss the possibility that he can be reelected. If you put me back in the White House, their reign is over. Their reign will be over. And America will be a free nation once again.

In this second episode of Martin Wolf’s series, the renowned FT columnist and economist speaks to Larry Diamond, a leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies and a senior fellow in global democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Drawing on arguments in Martin’s latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, they discuss what’s behind a deepening global ‘democratic recession’.

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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.

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