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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Populism Rises When Politics and Politicians Fail

Populism Rises on a Wave of Frustration (William Galston) from the Wall Street Journal
"Populist movements flourish when established leaders and parties fail to solve their countries’ most urgent problems. Throughout the market democracies, one problem dominates all others: the economic squeeze on working- and middle-class families. Neither the center-left nor the center-right has responded in ways that make sense to rank-and-file citizens. So they are looking elsewhere. ... Populism is the politics of nostalgia. It appeals to a better time in the past..."

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