“Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present”
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English - January 04, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 23.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsBusiness News News Business whitecollarcrime antibribary bribe steal swindle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins the podcast to discuss her book Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, which examines 100 years of authoritarian rule. She describes the characteristics of a strongman and the strange virility cult surrounding these leaders before turning to the central role of corruption in the autocrat’s playbook.
(This episode was originally published in November 2021.)