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Jenna Bednar
Sam Bowles
Katrin Schmelz
Hahrie Han
Moderated by David Krakauer
At the start of the 20th century, only about three percent of the world’s population was subject to democratic rule. By the year 2000, democracy had become the most common political system globally. Universal suffrage, fair elections, and civil liberties were then enjoyed by over half of the world’s people. Today, democracy is in retreat in many countries, and its future uncertain. Hosted by the Santa Fe Institute, a panel of five scholars will explore what their science has to say about the history, economics, psychology, and politics of democracy, the citizens’ values that it both requires and may promote, and how a renewed expansion and deepening of democracy may be the best way to save it.
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