Gen Z is in thrall to TikTok’s Pied Piper of populism. We must fight to break the spell | Alison Phillips
'dYOR. That's what they say. It is doing your own research. We have not completely met GEN Z AGE BRACKET between 13 and 28 years old. It is a common copy when one of them feels that their truth is being challenged. So, last week I started several diers to report that most ZERS supported […]
Populism a ‘Profound’ Challenge and ‘Panoply of Measures’ Needed: UK
The Attorney General, the UK government's chief legal adviser, has warned that populism is one of the “serious challenges of our time” and that a “range of measures” will be needed to tackle it. Top lawyer Richard Harmer long-time leftist Appointed as a “peer for life” last year to take up his role as attorney […]
A Lesson in Populism from Andrew Jackson for Donald Trump
Filming in Nashville, Tennessee last month. huckabee show At TBN, I had the opportunity to visit the Hermitage, the vacation home of Andrew Jackson, America's seventh president and our country's original populist. Mr. Jackson, along with President Thomas Jefferson, was once considered the forefather of the Democratic Party. But the party turned them away, citing […]
Murphy argues Democrats need to embrace populism
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says Democrats need to embrace populism to reconnect with working-class voters after the 2024 election was a “disaster” . The Connecticut senator is one of many Democrats reflecting on the party's dismal track record. The Democratic Party lost the White House to President-elect Trump, and the Republicans also secured a majority […]
JD Vance’s RNC Remarks as Planned Center on American Populism
This excerpt from a speech at the Republican National Convention by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee, focuses on populist themes that run deep in the heart of America. “My message to the American people is that we should be governed by a party that is not afraid to debate […]
PM Starmer Tells Public to Reject ‘Snake Oil’ Populism
Britain’s new prime minister has called on people to reject the “masquerade of populism” as King Charles III outlined the Labour government’s legislative agenda for next year, which includes pushing for a total tobacco ban, doubling down on environmental efforts, attempting a “reset” of relations with the EU and advocating for the creation of a […]
Weekend Read: Populism, Politics, and Markets
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Markets function within a complex framework of regulatory and central bank influence. This regulatory and monetary backdrop is not the benign rule of “experts” supposed by regulatory advocates in college textbooks, but rather often the product of raw entrenched political power. Success is getting in sync with the flow of […]
Paul Ryan Bashes ‘Trump Populism,’ Says It’s Now the ‘Establishment’
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said in an interview Wednesday washington post He criticized former President Donald Trump and “Trump populism” and lamented that it has now become “the establishment.” He said: I am now in the minority in my party. I’m not in the facility. Frankly, I’m an anti-establishment Republican. And you, I think […]