Peter Francis Fenwick

In January 2018, as the world agonised over the replacement of the urbane Obama with an uncouth New York real estate developer, two Harvard professors published a best seller - How Democracies Die. Eight years on I assess the authors’ perspicacity. How well did they predict the future? Was their fear that Trump would destroy American democracy justified?

Embracing smaller government and empowering individuals Trump promises to restore autonomy strengthen families and reinvigorate the economy