Why is populism, broadly defined, on the brink of historic victories around the world, while populism in the form of ...

Democrats and Republicans traded visions for America this week, both in the State of the Union address and on the campaign trail. Both parties are embracing the core message that America's ...

Frank Furedi’s In Defence of Populism is the definitive guide to the forces upending the status quo across the West.

Populists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu joins David Pakman to examine the economic and political forces that helped fuel Donald Trump’s rise. Acemoglu describes Trump as a “brilliant populist” ...

Populism has emerged as a defining feature of political life across Western democracies, characterised by appeals to the “common people” against a presumed corrupt elite. While both left-wing and ...

Populist discourse frames politics as a moral confrontation between a virtuous people and a corrupt elite, positioning itself as the authentic voice of popular sovereignty. As a thin-centred ideology, ...

"The political party system is extremely fragmented, and most national elections are won by much smaller swings than some of the effects money worries had on votes for radical parties at the height of ...

Many Americans have forgotten the name. We haven’t. In 2014, David Brat, then a little-known economics professor, stunned the political world by defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a ...

Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while delivering improvements in housing, services, ...