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The Populist Temptation
The Populist Temptation | Barry Eichengreen
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"Populism, a political movement with anti-elite, authoritarian and nativist tendencies, typically spearheaded by a charismatic leader, is an old phenomenon but also a very new and disturbing one at that. The Populist Temptation is an effort to understand the wellsprings of populist movements and why the threat they pose to mainstream political parties and pluralistic democracy has been more successfully contained in some cases than others"--
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The Populist Temptation is a thoroughly researched, clearly reasoned, evidence based analysis of the role of economic grievance/insecurity in creating environments vulnerable to populism. Eichengreen‘s claim is clear, and the comparative case studies of the US and Europe are effectively traced across history to illustrate this. For my purposes, there was a bit too much present focus, but this is a valuable perspective.

Emilymdxn That sounds like a great book! I‘ve been looking for something just like this comparing America and Europe 6y
ClairesReads @Emilymdxn hope you get to enjoy it. It was very interesting if a bit economically dense 6y
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