The weakening of traditional mechanisms of checks and balances, the crisis of confidence in state institutions — all these are signs of the systemic crisis of liberalism that the US and other democracies are experiencing today. Political scientist Francis Fukuyama (Stanford University) in conversation with Nathan Gardels, co-founder of the Berggruen Institute and editor-in-chief of Noema magazine, discusses why can excessive regulation undermine the very foundation of the liberal order and what steps are needed to preserve it.
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