How democracies survive
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While democracy is...
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May
Tag Archives: Democracy
24
Apr
Our duty to laugh in the face of tyrants
Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that one person or ideolog...
20
Jan
The finest kind of democratic leader
Word has spread. After five and a half years as Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is stepping down by 7 February.
She ha...
05
Oct
Democracy and inequality of epistemic power
Many hold that growing inequality is one of the most serious problems we face. But there are others who hold that it does not...
14
Jan
Cracks in the defence of democracy
When talking about ‘democracy’, ‘capitalism’ and ‘market economies’, many people confuse the terminology and the benefits that flow fro...
29
Dec
Biden’s bid to strengthen global democracy
On 9-10 December, the Biden administration held its first Summit for Democracy, a novel initiative seeking to bring government, civil s...
11
Nov
In defence of democracy
In 1989, as the Soviet Union crumbled, historian Francis Fukuyama now infamously proclaimed "the end of history". His reasoning was tha...