Episode 16: How corruption corrodes

Where does the boundary lie between bad behaviour and outright corruption?  This week Ben wants to understand how corruption and the fight against it are destructive forces in a democracy. 

Guests: 

• Simon Kuper, journalist and author of ‘Good Chaps’ and ‘Chums’
• Ezequiel González Ocantos, Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford

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Host: Professor Ben Ansell

Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs

Editor: Jasper Corbett

Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil

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