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Jun 2023
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Martin Wolf on saving democratic capital...

Financial Times
About this episode

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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Martin Wolf: in defence of democratic capitalism


For Martin’s FT columns click here


For the FT review of Martin’s book click here 


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.


Clips: BBC, CNN, WION


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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