The kleptocrats club

In 1997, after years working abroad, Pramod Bhasin returned to India and spotted an opportunity that would help transform his country's economy.Despite major telecommunications challenges, he went on to set up India's first call centre, laying the foundations for a new outsourcin ...  Show more

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Russia's war in Ukraine illustrates the dangers that unchecked kleptocracy poses to democracy. Kleptocrats and corrupt actors strategically use their vast resources to advance their interests both at home and abroad. CFCS's Isabella Chase, Adam Smith of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher ...  Show more

Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Scott to discuss the rise of kleptocracy in America, the global playbook of autocrats, and solutions to our democratic slide. Follow Anne, @anneapplebaum. Algebra of Happiness: greatness is ...  Show more

You may remember that we’ve talked about the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index in the past on Do You Really Know, which assigns each of the world’s countries a score from one to ten based on how democratic they are.   But have you ever heard of a kleptocracy? It’s a p ...  Show more

الفساد موجود في العالم كله، لكن تأثيره على البلدان النامية أكبر نسبياً. في هذا البث الصوتي، يشير أحد خبراء الاقتصاد إلى دور النظام السياسي في هذا الصدد، ويقول إن بعض الأنظمة الحكومية أقدر من غيرها على التصدي للفساد.