Dambisa Moyo: Is Democracy Failing to Deliver Growth? | The Agenda

Across the world populist movements seek to undermine liberal democracy as voters' express frustration with the current system. In her new book “Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix it” economist Dambisa Moyo (dambisamoyo.com/) explains how and why liberal democracies have failed to achieve economic growth. And what polices and solutions can be used to boost growth and civic engagement.
0:00 Intro
0:50 Edge of economic chaos
1:45 Low economic growth
3:27 Drawbacks of high economic growth
4:10 What is holding back economic growth?
5:32 Charts on global economic growth
6:53 Can tax reforms fix growth?
8:45 Alternative economic models
10:20 Extending political and economic cycles
11:23 Singapore model of paying politicians
13:34 Impact on public service
14:05 Ideas to improve democracy
15:14 Ending gerrymandering
16:20 Weighted voting
20:02 Voter education
21:35 Illiberal democracy
22:51 Young people fatigued with liberal democracy
24:15 Is liberal democracy worth fighting for?