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A surge of populism means capitalism is in danger - 12/31/2016 7:35:11 AM   
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A surge of populism means capitalism is once more in danger

At the same time democracy is becoming more dysfunctional. Plato’s great worry about representative government was that citizens would “live from day to day, indulging the pleasure of the moment”. He was right: most democracies overspend to give citizens what they want in the short run (whether tax cuts or enhanced entitlements) and neglect long-term investments. On top of that, lobbyists and other vested interests have by now made a science of gaming the system to produce private benefits.

Storm clouds gather

The result of this toxic brew is a wave of populism that is rapidly destroying the foundations of the post-war international order and producing a far more unstable world. One of its many dangers is that it is self-reinforcing. It contains just enough truth to be plausible. It may be nonsense that “the people” are infallible repositories of common sense, but there is no doubt that liberal elites have been smug and self-serving. And populism feeds on its own failures. The more that business copes with uncertainty by delaying investment or moving money abroad, the more politicians will bully or bribe them into doing “the right thing”. As economic stagnation breeds populism, so excessive regard for the popular will reinforces stagnation.

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21712165-1942-joseph-schumpeter-warned-capitalism-might-not-survive-surge-populism-means-it
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RE: A surge of populism means capitalism is in danger - 12/31/2016 2:00:47 PM   
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The Latest, Greatest Threat to the Euro: Populism

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-greatest-threat-to-the-euro-populism-1480523244

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RE: A surge of populism means capitalism is in danger - 12/31/2016 2:04:22 PM   
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RE: A surge of populism means capitalism is in danger - 1/6/2017 6:56:32 AM   
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Populism, I: American conservatism and the problem of populism

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Populism--I--American-conservatism-and-the-problem-of-populism-8462

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