Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum #joyce ‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan

‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan

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Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum #joyce ‘A masterclass’ - Karen SwanA Sunday Times Bestseller An Economist Best Book of the Year All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, security services and professional propagandists. The members of these networks