The world’s elites have helped to provoke what they feared: a populist uprising against the world economy. Globalisation is going into reverse just as the impact of new technology is showing signs of picking up. In his Harvard class, Rodrik offers students a choice: Should we globalise democracy, or restrict it at home? Students always vote strongly for global democracy. But if it does not work at the European level, what chance would it stand worldwide? Digital democracy, meanwhile, is an empty slogan. The other choice – autocracy – is a bleak prospect, though a disturbingly broad range of
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