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EI Weekly Listen — Democracy in crisis: Lessons from Ancient Athens by Erica Benner

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Aug 12, 2022

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Demagogues thrive if moderate politicians flatter citizens into an unrealistic sense of their own greatness. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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Aug 12, 2022

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EI Weekly Listen — Democracy in crisis: Lessons from Ancient Athens by Erica Benner

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