Why have we seen such a surge of strongman politics in recent years? For November 9, 2020, our guest, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, looks at the tools and tactics authoritarian strongmen use to capture state power in a democracy, such as secretive banking laws and global PR firms.

Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/11/09/strongmen-against-democracy/