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Where constructive populism is most needed is at the national and international level, because many problems cannot be addressed locally.
Constructive populism cannot be cynical; it must be realistic, and it must recognize that progress may be gradual and take different forms in different places.
The way to overcome identity politics and irresponsible populism is not to meet it in the middle or to fight it with detailed technical analysis.
The way to avoid disaster is constructive populism: simple, accurate, and always sincere.
Instead, parliamentary democracy is giving way to the politics of populism, personality and presidentialism; in short, to Hollywood and TV.
Populism is no longer popular.”
For people who view the surge in populism around the world as an aftershock of the global financial crisis, the answer is yes.
During the last few years, a lively debate has taken place between advocates of economic and political/social explanations of populism.
That is also because many of the factors behind populism are non-economic.
As is frequently pointed out, populism is a style of politics that creates an “other” on which society’s ills can be blamed.
Two factors have arguably facilitated the recent return of populism: accelerated cultural and social change, and the perceived corruption of established political elites.
The lesson of earlier periods is that populism thrives in environments where longstanding sources of identity – for example, class or nation – have weakened.
This brings us to the other key factor underpinning support for populism: the declining legitimacy of political elites.
Latin American populism, of course, is incomprehensible without the corruption of many in the political elite.
Containing the Populist ContagionPRINCETON – With populism seemingly going viral in the advanced economies, the political establishment is in retreat.
Perhaps today’s contagious populism will create the conditions for its own destruction.
Thus, the economics of US populism will not necessarily fail, at least not immediately, and this could increase its appeal in the eyes of autocratic and nationalist leaders who come to see Trump as a colleague and role model.
CAMBRIDGE – The rise of anti-trade populism in the 2016 US election campaign portends a dangerous retreat from the United States’ role in world affairs.
As Trump moves from populism to policy, liberals should not turn away in disgust and despair, but rather engage with Trumpism’s positive potential.
Of course, economic grievances alone do not fuel anti-globalization sentiment; populism has emerged even in countries with low unemployment and rising incomes.
The only way to stem the rising tide of destructive populism and prevent the drift toward damaging protectionist measures is to reconnect with frustrated constituencies, and find ways to respond to people’s real economic grievances.
A victory for populism would indicate that the political classes really have failed their citizens.
Thai Rak Thai’s populism featured income redistribution, cheap health care, micro-credit schemes, and a dazzling array of policy innovations that ushered Thailand into twenty-first-century globalization.
Such reforms would demonstrate the EU’s respect for democracy in Britain – and could turn the tide of anti-EU populism across northern Europe.
In the Netherlands, not normally a country known for clownish politicians, the surge of populism was first led by Pim Fortuyn, a flamboyantly gay man who staged provocative, and always richly entertaining, public appearances.
According to Dornbusch and Edwards, economic populism can emerge when policymakers and citizens “are deeply dissatisfied with the economy’s performance.”
Rather than implementing structural policies to promote economic growth, European policymakers are pursuing economic populism, by promising high returns at little cost and consistently delivering the bare minimum.
By learning from one another, Europeans can save themselves from economic populism – and thus from the political populists, who would make matters far worse.
Defeating populism will require leaders to acknowledge the people left behind as a result of globalization, but also to dispel the myth that there is a quick fix, or that globalization can simply be reversed.
Critics point to weak budget institutions, muddled accounting, and rampant fiscal populism among island politicians.
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