You are taking that argument apart this week. Ellen yes, we are saying he is less like mussolini than the former Prime Minister of italy. Over the last 10 years, democracy has waned all over the world after it being on the upswing. If you look at freedoms, freedom is on the downswing as well. More and more, you see leaders describe him as having a blow torch manner. Leaders like trump who are a little bit in that mold coming to the fore. David using the media in the way that berlusconi did. Ellen right. We talk about thailand and turkey, where you have leaders who have been elected and act like david like autocratic, yeah. Carol people say, democracy has not made the situation that much better, so maybe they will try something different. Ellen exactly. The connection between democracy and economic growth, it feels like it is breaking down, even if you look longterm at the numbers. The economy, longterm do better in democracies than totalitarian states. In the short term, people are not
I read a really closely. Its about venezuela. They are having serious economic issues. Pertaining to the weather. Can you explain that . Reporter we have written a lot about venezuela, and shove it is. Now we are looking at how the weather can make bad problems even worse. Obviously, the economy is a mess. But the weather change with el nino, and there has been devastating droughts, which has obviously affected the economy. What are the repercussions for average venezuelans . Reporter they are adjusting, they have to adjust more to all the problems. It has actually affected not just agriculture, which is a big problem, and shortage of food, but even hydroelectric power. There are more power outages, to the extent that the president has said, you should use your blowdry or less often. Its making a lot of problems worse, and people are likening it to what happened in syria, where a terrible drought made things worse. Sheelah theres a lot to get through in this tech issue. What is through
Feel about the oncoming referendum. It seems like there is some consensus. Ellen they want the uk to stay. All of them want it to stay. Germany, the biggest economy in the eu, wants them to stay. The only country where a large number of people really were not sure what they thought was poland. I cannot explain that. Lisa but it is interesting. Ellen it is interesting. In the uk the polls are looking more and more like people want to leave. It really shows that there are big differences. David the issues trade mostly . Ellen the issue is trade. Although now they have a lot of stories pointing out that the u. K. Has a lot of economic problems, but many have nothing to do with the eu. A lot of people really want out. Lisa how much of this has to do with immigration . It is a big concern that people have. When somebody comes into one country, they can go into any of them. Ellen and they are worried about jobs. Outside of the u. K. David the state camp. Ellen they want them. Lisa it will be
To fascists of old. Ellen yes, we are saying he is less like mussolini than the former Prime Minister of italy. Over the last 10 years, democracy has waned all over the world after it being on the upswing. If you look at freedoms, freedom is on the downswing as well. More and more, you see leaders describe him as having a blow torch manner. Leaders like trump, coming to the fore. David using the media in the way that berlusconi did. Ellen right. We talk about thailand and turkey, where you have leaders who have been elected and act like david mike autocratic, yeah. Say, democracy has not made the situation that much better, so maybe they will try something different. Ellen exactly. The connection between democracy and growth, it feels like it is breaking down, even if you look longterm at the numbers. The economy, longterm do better in democracies than totalitarian states. In the short term, people are not making that connection. They are saying to elected officials, you promised us a
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