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On the other hand, juxtaposed against these positive developments are a fresh set of challenges, namely increasingly pro-cyclical liquidity provision by market makers, the rise of populism, and a temptation to rely on currency depreciation as a substitute for structural reforms.
Second, weaker potential growth – the counterpart to lower equilibrium interest rates – has created fertile ground for populism in countries lacking robust institutions.
Rejecting this proposal was not a matter of unbridled populism.
This latest surge of American populism is financed by some extremely wealthy men, including a couple of oil billionaires named David and Charles Koch, who favor cutting taxes for the super-rich and abolishing government subsidies for the poor, such as Social Security and President Barack Obama’s health-care plan.
But it is more likely that the grassroots of American populism are motivated by something else.
Populism everywhere is driven by fear and resentment: fear of being powerless, without status or privilege, and resentment of those – educated liberal elites, foreigners who supposedly take our jobs, and Muslims, Jews, blacks, or illegal immigrants – who seem to enjoy undeserved benefits.
Any one of these would be a handicap at a time of rising populism, but the combination of all three is lethal.
As growth in the real economy continued to stagnate, angry populism surged, resulting in Brexit and President-elect Trump.
To be sure, many claim that popular disaffection with the EU and, in turn, the rise of right-wing populism is a reaction to the lack of structural reforms in the eurozone.
In any case, it seems unlikely that the rise of right-wing populism in Europe truly stemmed from the eurozone’s weaknesses, given that it aligns so closely with the rise of Trump in the US.
This, then, is the modern Japanese version of populism: the “liberal elites,” by falsifying the history of Japan’s glorious war to “liberate Asia,” undermined the Japanese people’s moral fiber.
He needed no speaking notes, as he also admirably demonstrated in his speech condemning nationalism and populism at the European Parliament a few days later.
Poor workers in rich countries are the most vulnerable to BPO, and such matters, if not dealt with carefully, can fuel nativism and populism.
Indeed, a Macron victory could launch a counter-trend to the populism that is sweeping the globe, by giving hope to all who are sympathetic to the left or right, but anxious about populism and hyper-nationalism.
But others cannot embrace its glib populism, and are deeply troubled by the intellectual vacuum of the right’s campaign.
But fewer analysts have noted that illiberal democracy – or populism – is not the only political threat.
Foremost is the rise of populism.
In many corners of the world, 2018 is shaping up to be yet another disappointing year, as inequality and poverty continue to fuel anger and populism.
Some forms of authoritarian government can leave a certain amount of room for economic and other freedoms, and thus might be easier to live with than illiberal democratic populism.
In other words, while populism can certainly sow political divisions within the EU, there is little evidence that Brexit itself has caused a domino effect.
With political disenchantment reaching levels not seen since the continent’s darkest times in the 1930s, the risk that Europe will succumb to the destructive forces of populism looms ever larger.
This approach to economic policy is classic populism: Promise voters impossible things, particularly when the negative fallout from the promises becomes apparent only well down the road.
The authoritarian populism that Trump embodies has challenged democracies at least since the end of the Roman Republic.
Campaigns are always a time for cheap populism and kowtowing to single-issue fundamentalists.
But that legislation then prolonged Italy’s credit crunch, which, in turn, fueled populism there.
The conservative fiscal response to the post-2008 recession, combined with the European Central Bank’s dithering before July 2012, led to excessive austerity, which wreaked havoc on the Italian middle class, pushing it toward populism.
Italy’s political situation shows how toxic Europe’s approach to populism has become.
As mainstream politicians across the EU try to protect their flanks against domestic populist threats, the defenses they mount stoke populism in neighboring countries.
Mainstream politicians have failed to come together to combat populism because they are focused wholly on their own careers and the next election.
Modern populism – American politicians running, or pretending to run, “against Washington,” or French populists speaking for “deep France” – is invariably hostile to capital cities.
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