Storified by · Thu, Nov 01 2012 08:15:50
Continuing our week-longcomparison of democracies around the world, Bill Sweeney, president and CEO ofthe International Foundation for Electoral Systems, tells us why these, andless developed countries, take their civic responsibility more seriously thanthe U.S.
We examine the longhistory of austerity with Mark Blyth, professor of International PoliticalEconomy at Brown University and author of “Austerity: History of a Dangerous Idea.”