Over seven days the Festival features exciting talks, debates and art which will tackle pressing democratic questions including why race is still an easily ignitable issue, how to understand the global rise of populism and 'where to now' for our democracies in the context of global economic and political development.

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The Festival will conclude with a public lecture by Professor Ross Garnaut in Sydney University’s Great Hall.

Capitalism, Socialist and Democracy: Old Visions, New Realities

In the developed countries, incomes have stopped growing for most people. Inequality is increasing. Vested interests are blocking stabilised interventions. Democracies are rejecting international exchange.  And all this is happening at the very moment market authoritanism in China is breaking the link between high incomes and democratic government.

When: 7 September 2016 | 6.30 - 8.00 pm

Where: Great Hall, University of Sydney

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