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The Future of Democracy with @valstsgriba @Rigas_pils, @TimothyDSnyder @Yale, @dankurtzphelan @ForeignAffairs, @ChrisCoons, @sherryrehman @ClimateChangePK #wef22 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Egils Levits, President of Latvia, outlines what he believes to be the 3 major failings of Liberal Democracy, that have led to an erosion of belief in democratic institutions.

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‘The wrong answers to the right problems.’

Egils Levits on why populism is such a potent threat to Liberal Democracies.

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@valstsgriba @Rigas_pils

@valstsgriba @Rigas_pils .@sherryrehman, Federal Minister for Climate Change for Pakistan, on the role that rising inequality now plays in the corrosion and destabilization of democratic norms.

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@ClimateChangePK

@valstsgriba @Rigas_pils @sherryrehman @ClimateChangePK Senator @ChrisCoons diagnoses another major threat – the significant reduction in social mobility in the US.

How can democracies respond?

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For @TimothyDSnyder, another factor comes into play – the decline of the humanities. History, literature, philosophy – these disciplines give us the language to describe why democracy is better.

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An insightful session comes to a close! You can rewatch it all here: wef.ch/3MMdMTi

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