One crucial fact is being overlooked—one that has strong empirical support: populism does not have a single, uniform set of drivers. Dani Rodrik distinguishes between economic insecurity as the principal driver of left-wing populism and cultural or identity-related concerns as #Populism #EconomicInsecurity #IdentityPolitics #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
Fascism feeds on frustration. 65% of those who voted for the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt are saying their financial situation is bad. The Brandmauer isn’t holding if we stick with status quo economic policies. We need a mind shift in economics to end economic insecurity. https://t.co/7P1FCUoYJ5 #Fascism #EconomicInsecurity #MindShift #DE
Does economic insecurity actually move votes? The causal evidence for example on labor markets says yes. Dippel/Gold/Heblich/Pinto (Economic Journal 2022): trade shocks raise far-right vote shares, and the effect runs through labor-market adjustment. 8/ #EconomicInsecurity #LaborMarkets #FarRightVote #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
