The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era

by Barry Eichengreen

Book Overview

Populism of the right and left 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 European economy into a prolonged tailspin. In the simplest terms, populism is a political ideology that vilifies economic and political elites and instead lionizes 'the people.' The people, populists of all stripes contend,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190866284
• ISBN13: 9780190866280
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"