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Yascha Mounk

associate professor, Johns Hopkins University

Yascha Mounk is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and an . He is the author of The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.
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As Coronavirus Explodes in Italy, Doctors Are Forced to Choose Who Gets Care

With patients overflowing hospitals, a leading medical organization offers guidance for military-style triage, including: deny care to people too old to be likely to recover.

  • Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic
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How Authoritarians Manipulate Elections

From Russia to Venezuela, the strongmen who have destroyed democratic institutions won high office at the ballot box.

  • Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic