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In the third episode of a special FT podcast series on the challenges facing democratic institutions across the world in 2024, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, speaks to Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, about the Indian election results and inherent weaknesses of authoritarian styles of government.
Across five episodes, the new series Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril: 2024 will see Wolf speak to leading political thinkers about the future of the western, liberal democratic system.
Across the world, billions of citizens are being asked to cast their vote in elections taking place in more than 50 countries, making this a pivotal year for democracy. But these polls come as populist, illiberal and far-right parties are either growing in support or consolidating gains they have already made, with worrying consequences for the future of democratic institutions.
Episodes of Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril: 2024 will be published on Sundays starting June 2. Listen to the series below, or subscribe and listen to episodes on the FT News Briefing podcast – on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
You can listen to last year’s special series, Martin Wolf on saving democratic capitalism, and read transcripts of each episode here.
For Martin’s FT columns click here.
Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril: 2024
Listen to episode 1 – Robert Kagan:
Listen to episode 2 – Anne Applebaum:
Listen to episode 3 – Raghuram Rajan:
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