History of Democracy, Dictatorships and Authoritarian Regimes

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism... (2023)

Caleb Crain on the idea that authoritarianism attracts workers harmed by the free market, which emerged when the Nazis were in power and has been m... (2018)

In 1988 The Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and ma... (2021)

How old are democracies across the world? To some young people living in democracies, authoritarianism may seem like a long-forgotten part of th... (2022)