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“Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present”

Jan 4, 2023
22:35
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 1min
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2
The Virtue of Bolsonaro
01:28 • 2min
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3
Why Authoritarianism Is Bad for Business
03:44 • 3min
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4
Putin and Russia's Efforts to Bully Businessman Out of Their Business Interests
06:23 • 2min
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5
The Machismo of the Leader
08:11 • 4min
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The GOP Is Going to Save Our Freedoms, and January 6 Is a Leader Rescue Operation
12:09 • 3min
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Is This a Book That You've Written?
14:54 • 2min
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Are You Ready to Share Predictions?
16:54 • 3min
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Are We Enabling Authoritarians?
19:45 • 3min
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins the podcast to discuss her book Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, which examines 100 years of authoritarian rule. She describes the characteristics of a strongman and the strange virility cult surrounding these leaders before turning to the central role of corruption in the autocrat’s playbook.

(This episode was originally published in November 2021.)

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