The Populist Temptation
Book description
In the last few years, populism - of the right, left, and center varieties - has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since the Great Recession sent the…
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1 author picked The Populist Temptation as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The rise of nationalistic populism and the backlash against globalization have been of particular concern to me in recent years.
This new populism has stimulated a lot of research and many books. For me, however, Eichengreen’s book stands out in three ways.
First, it builds on valuable lessons from history; second, it skillfully and in a highly readable way summarizes what current research is saying; and third, it offers constructive policy recommendations to contain populism.
In particular, Eichengreen advocates economic and political reforms to address the concerns of the disaffected.
As a European studies scholar, I particularly recommend reading his…
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