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Is that even true on populist and financial crises?
by RandomLensman 3y ago
Is that even true on populist and financial crises?
- Fluorescence 3y agoI'd be curious about what the data shows. I would describe it as the "conventional wisdom" account of how populism functions e.g. the Great Depression is described as a necessary context for Hitler's popularism to be effective i.e. economic grievance fuels anti-establishment / anti-elite narratives. You get the Occupy Wallstreet movement after a crash/recession, not during a boom.
- RandomLensman 3y agoYes, it would indeed be interesting to see a proper analysis on timing of populism vs the economy.
- pydry 3y agohttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3289741 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3289741 Yes. It appears that Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick and Christoph Trebesch may not have been as conscientious as they could have been about reviewing prior literature.
- RandomLensman 3y agoWell, for starters this is newer than their initial work. Also, isn't this looking at the issue the other way around and at a single example? Edit: post changed the paper linked, but generally my point stands.
- pydry 3y agoThis paper was just released.
- RandomLensman 3y agoYes and no. This is work a few years old. And as I said, the paper you cite is looking at the situation from the other end, i.e., economic effects on governments.