Should history change the way we think about populism?

This paper asks whether history should change the way in which economists and economic historians think about populism. We use Müller’s definition, according to which populism is ‘an exclusionary form of identity politics, which is why it poses a threat to democracy’. We make three historical argume...

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Main Authors: de Bromhead, A, O'Rourke, K
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2023