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Hello and welcome. You are listening to Patrick Boyle on Finance, a podcast exploring ideas from quantitative finance, examining events occurring in markets right now and financial history to see what lessons can be taken away, including interviews with some of the most interesting people in the world of finance. To learn more about the podcast, visit

onfinance.org.

2020 is a big year for elections worldwide, with elections in 64 countries plus the European

Union. Almost half of the global population who are eligible

to vote will have that opportunity this year. There are more people voting in 2024 than

in any prior year in history. There were elections in Taiwan, Bangladesh and Pakistan earlier

this year.

And I'm sure that many of my viewers, just like me, sat up late at night in March to see

the ballots being counted in Russia, wondering who would win.

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