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Pandemic power-grabs: autocrats’ covid opportunism
Economist Podcasts
Pandemic Empowerment of Autocracies
This chapter examines the rise of autocratic regimes during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting how the crisis has accelerated existing trends of declining global freedom. It discusses the ramifications of weakened democratic accountability as autocrats exploit the situation to consolidate power and undermine civil liberties.
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