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…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

…was elected (November 9 1960). I have a PhD in economics (Harvard 1989) and teach economics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. I wasn’t always like this. I have…