Populism
Political Concept
Samak Sundaravej obituary...upbringing, he appealed to the poor and uneducated, using crude and vitriolic language that earned him the nickname "dog-mouth". This populism helped him to get elected as governor of Bangkok in 2000. But to most political pundits, it always... In this article: Samak Sundaravej, Thaksin Shinawatra, Bangkok, Thailand, Cancer, Democracy, Chicken, Populism, and State of emergency |
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Crooks and Liars | 2 days ago
Populism: It's all the right-wing rage these days
...which is why they so willingly underwrite it. It might, in fact, more accurately be called "sucker populism." Nonetheless, right-wing populists have long been part of the larger conservative - though largely relegated to its fringes. Some...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, John McCain, Bill O'Reilly, Ideology, Tax, God, and Henry Ford
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The Volokh Conspiracy - - | 3 days ago
In (Limited) Praise of Right-Wing Populism
...these people were saying just a year or two ago. Lastly, for what it's worth, you should like populism. Contemporary libertarianism is a populist movement in the sense that pits the 'little guy' against top-down control by (invariably...
In this article: Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, Political philosophy, and United States
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Independent.ie | 3 days ago
Kevin Myers: Maverick strikers and the working classes don't mix
...its frantically striving foster-parents. Wrong again. Next came a new nadir in the already melancholy domestic history of political populism when the Government sought to reverse the result of a soccer match. Yes, a cabinet minister...
In this article: Fianna Fail, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Ireland, Individualism, and Caligula
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Salon | 3 days ago
Can populism be liberal?
...American populism is neither left nor right. Translated into economics, Jacksonian populism spells producerism. For generations, Jacksonian populists have believed that the hardworking majority of small producers is threatened from above...
In this article: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Liberalism, Democratic Party, Progressivism, and Timothy Geithner
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CNN | 3 days ago
Bernanke confirmation won't be pretty
...restrain the housing bubble. Others say he has gone too far in the financial system bailouts. "We're in a very populist era and that populism is manifesting itself in a dislike and distrust in large institutions," said Washington policy...
In this article: Ben Bernanke, The Fed, Ron Paul, AIG, Mel Watt, Cnnmoney.com, Bank of America, and Barney Frank
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Huffington Post | 6 days ago
Linda R. Monk, J.D.: We the Populists: How to Make Taxpayer Funded Bailouts Toxic
...especially when your nose is rubbed in it. Oh dear, but then we'll be accused of being "populists." Have you noticed how "populism" has become the dirty word du jour? As though what the people think is irrelevant, or even worse,...
In this article: Wall Street, Service Employees International Union, Yale Law School, Akhil Reed Amar, ING, and Goldman Sachs
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TIME | November 18, 2009
Europe Sours on U.S. Capitalism, Looks to Populism
...aide since the media mogul first entered politics promising Thatcherite reforms, has been accused by his critics of adopting a populist strain similar to Sarkozy's. He shocked the Italian establishment with a vigorous Oct. 19 defense...
In this article: Capitalism, Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy, U.S., Giulio Tremonti, Neoliberalism, John Maynard Keynes, and Jose Manuel Barroso
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 17, 2009
Populism trumps policy as Rudd plays catch-up on refugees
...to asylum seekers who attempt to come to this country by boat continues to be defined by the ascendancy of politics over policy and populism over perspective. To win the political contest, the imperative is to couch every contribution...
In this article: Indonesia, Neil Mitchell, Australia, 3AW, and Radio National
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 13, 2009
Roy Blunt finds populism a tough fit.
Roy Blunt usually is not the kind of politician who trades in populist outrage. But there he was last week, issuing a statement from his U.S. House office that said, "While many Missourians are still at risk, Wall Street bankers are at the...
In this article: Roy Blunt, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Unemployment, and Bankruptcy
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Populism is a discourse that claims to support "the people" versus "the elites". Populism may comprise an ideology urging social and political system changes and/or a rhetorical style deployed by members of political or social movements. Generally, populism invokes an idea of democracy as being, above all, the expression of the people's will.
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