New in Opinion Has It: Francesca Binda on the erosion of democracy

Francesca Binda considers what recent elections say about the state of the world’s democracies. The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Opinion Has It]( In this week's newsletter, we present the newest episode of our podcast, Opinion Has It. Every other week in Opinion Has It, host Elmira Bayrasli is joined by a leading expert to examine a critical and timely issue. Voting in a Time of Democratic Erosion [Francesca Binda]( In this episode, Elmira Bayrasli talks with Francesca Binda, a co-founder of Binda Consulting International and an expert on elections and political transitions. Listen now on [PS]( [Acast]( [Apple]( [Google]( or [Spotify](. [Voting in a Time of Democratic Erosion]( While elections alone don’t necessarily make a state democratic, they do offer a glimpse into the strength and legitimacy of a democracy. What can we learn from recent electoral outcomes? This week on the podcast, [Francesca Binda]( offers crucial lessons from a range of countries, from South Korea to Canada to Hungary. [Listen now]( Opinion Has It is also available on your favorite listening app. Listen now on [Acast]( [Apple]( [Google]( or [Spotify](. In this episode... Elmira Bayrasli: So let’s talk about some good news in the area of democracy. In Hungary, democracy has been in steep decline for years, but six opposition parties recently held primaries to determine who would take on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the general election in April. This was a first for the country. Why was it important? Does it give you hope for Hungarian democracy? Francesca Binda: It does give me hope for Hungarian democracy for two reasons. Yes, it was a first for Hungary. They engaged in what we would call a primaries system. The website that they developed was incredible. Every single candidate had a financial-asset disclosure. They signed an ethical charter. It went down to every single constituency level. So at every constituency... [Read the transcript]( Listen now on [PS]( [Acast]( [Apple]( [Google]( or [Spotify](. [The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance]( [The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance]( By Eswar S. Prasad In [The Future of Money]( Prasad shows that the world of finance is at the threshold of a major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and, indeed, all of us. From the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, the transformation of money will fundamentally rewrite how ordinary people live. From Harvard University Press Previously in Opinion Has It [Is Crypto Going Mainstream?]( [Is Crypto Going Mainstream?]( with [Sheila Warren]( the deputy head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the World Economic Forum After over a decade on the fringes of the global monetary system, digital currencies are increasingly being embraced by companies, governments, and citizens around the world. Are they set to become an integral part of the global monetary system? Listen now on [PS]( [Acast]( [Apple]( [Google]( or [Spotify](. Or [read the transcript](. [Check out the Opinion Has It archive]( Previously in Say More [An Interview with Paul Polman]( [An Interview with Paul Polman]( [Paul Polman]( considers how to get investors to go green, identifies three urgent priorities for governments in the climate transition, and offers advice to businesses at risk of being left behind. Polman, a former CEO of Unilever, chairs the UN Global Compact for the Secretary-General, and is the author of the just-released [Net Positive: How Courageous Corporations Thrive by Giving More Than They Take](. [Check out the Say More archive]( [PS Topics: Democracy and Its Enemies. Explore the selection.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.