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Since Tocqueville (1835), civil society has been recognized as a cornerstone of liberal democracy. But populists claim to be the only legitimate representatives of the people, leaving no space for civil society. Are popu...Read more...
Tito Boeri, Prachi Mishra, Chris Papageorgiou and Antonio Spilimbergo
1 October 2021
In this imaginary dialogue, a populist and an economist discuss the role of economic shocks to explain populism. A simple correlation between economic shocks and populism is weak. However, economic shocks can explain wel...Read more...
1 May 2018