Italy's new populist government plans to lift 5 million people out of poverty...
A new welfare policy designed to lift 5 million Italians out of poverty could offer recipients hundreds of euros a month, based on previous salary. The "citizens' wage," championed by the governing...
View ArticleThe type of populism running rampant in the US and Europe is making the world...
Populism is a political strategy in which a leader builds a power base on marginalized or disempowered segments of society.Economic populism mobilizes the poor or working class against economic elites....
View ArticleHillary Clinton says Europe needs to stop taking in migrants — and people...
Hillary Clinton is facing a backlash after arguing that European leaders should seek to assuage the concerns of a growing right-wing populism across the continent by refusing to offer "refuge and...
View ArticleCountries with populist nationalist leaders generate 30% of the world's...
By January 2019, least 30% of global emissions will be generated from democracies governed by populist nationalist leaders.Populist nationalists leaders often promote policies which are popular among...
View ArticleWhat French populists from the 1950s can teach us about the 'yellow vest'...
The populist protests roiling France are similar to an anti-tax revolt that occurred in Paris nearly 65 years ago.The "yellow vests" movement started in November as a response to a fuel tax hike meant...
View ArticleA massive new survey suggests it could be time to call the peak in global...
A World Economic Forum survey suggests that the global public is in fact open to immigration and say that national interest is not a zero-sum game.The survey dispels populist ideas such as "America...
View ArticleThe world's CEOs are getting increasingly nervous about the state of the...
Global CEOs have become increasingly pessimistic about global economic growth in the past year and expect their businesses to suffer in the short to medium term as a result. CEOs have traditionally...
View ArticleSteve Bannon is supporting a 'gladiator' school in Italy for right-wing...
Steve Bannon is supporting efforts to transform an Italian monastery into a "gladiator" school for right-wing politicians across Europe.The project is being lead by Benjamin Harnwell, a former European...
View ArticleA political threat that US investors rarely confront is now a force to be...
US investors are grappling with the nascent rise of populism and policy proposals that could reverse pro-growth programs that are in place. According to JPMorgan, populism is a paradigm shift that is...
View Article'If you have no capital, why be a capitalist?': The global elite at Milken...
Populism was a hot topic of conversation at the Milken Institute Global Conference, where billionaire investors, Wall Street titans, and government officials gathered Monday to discuss how to increase...
View ArticleIn Fiat Chrysler-Renault deal, globalism is about to collide head-on with...
The proposed Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger pits the declining logic of globalism against surging worldwide populism.Immediately after the merger plan was revealed, the French and Italian governments...
View ArticleFrench politics killed the Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger (FCAU)
On Wednesday, a merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Renault collapsed— and collapsed swiftly.Both companies issued terse explanations, but FCA explicitly blamed French politics.The major...
View ArticleTrump rode an 'us versus them' populism all the way to the White House. A...
Financial experts and economists have seen signs an economic recession is looming, which could inflame tensions linked to the rise of nationalism and right-wing populism in recent years."Generally,...
View ArticleGermany's far-right populist party is poised to surge in the former Communist...
On Sunday, the far-right populist Alternative for Germany party is expected to dominate elections in two East German states, highlighting divisions between East and West 30 years after the fall of the...
View ArticleAustria is about to re-empower a far-right party the US intelligence...
In Austria, the far-right has emerged from a Russia scandal largely intact and is poised to perform well in snap elections on Sunday just four months after the country's government collapsed. The 2015...
View ArticleAs his poll ratings tank, Trump is adapting his populist playbook to the...
With the coronavirus crisis posing the most serious threat to his reelection prospects yet, President Donald Trump is resorting to tactics from his populist playbook to shore up support.In recent days...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Buy these 20 stocks built to profit from a mounting inflation...
A cocktail of forces led by populism is poised to reinject inflation into the US economy, according to Mike Wilson, the chief US equity strategist at Morgan Stanley. While he does not imminently expect...
View Article'Twilight of Democracy' author Anne Applebaum on the rise of...
Few are more in-tuned with the politics and culture of Eastern Europe than the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and historian Anne Applebaum, who has lived in Poland since before the fall of communism.Her...
View Article'COVID-19 has turbocharged the de-globalization movement', Deutsche Bank...
Summary List PlacementGlobalization creates a natural advantage for large companies that are positioned with headquarters around the world and global supply chains. However, in a new research note,...
View ArticleObama wasn't surprised that a right-wing populist could become president, but...
Summary List PlacementBarack Obama wasn't surprised that US voters elected a populist to the presidency, but told Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg that he would have expected it to be someone more...
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