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Episode 16: How corruption corrodes

Sep 18, 202437 minSeason 1Ep. 16
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Where does the boundary lie between bad behaviour and outright corruption?  This week Ben wants to understand how corruption and the fight against it are destructive forces in a democracy. 


Guests: 

  • Simon Kuper, journalist and author of ‘Good Chaps’ and ‘Chums’
  • Ezequiel González Ocantos, Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford


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Host: Professor Ben Ansell

Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs

Editor: Jasper Corbett

Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil

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