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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · January 31, 2026 · 52m
How Corruption Is Reshaping American Power — with Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum on the convergence of authoritarianism and corruption: Ukraine peace talks undermined by business interests, how transnational kleptocracy works, and why corruption — not ideology — is the real threat to democracy. Her framework: authoritarian networks aren't about belief systems, they're about money flows.
Highlights
Editorial
References
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Autocracy, Inc. — Anne Applebaum (2024) — How authoritarian regimes cooperate to undermine democracy
Misc
✧Applebaum: corruption, not ideology, drives modern authoritarianism
✧Ukraine peace talks as a case study in business interests overriding diplomacy
✧Transnational kleptocracy as a framework for understanding geopolitics