Broadly speaking, populism today is a revolt against cognitive elites, not economic elites. Its centerpiece is the ...

Immigration, race and religion are three issues that are often central to many populists’ politics. There are also economic factors such as a poor economy, international trade, industrial robots and ...

FreedomWorks was a central organ in the tea party. The group held rallies that flexed and motivated its grassroots supporters. Upstart conservatives courted the group and relied on its money. The ...

From Trump to Mamdani to Jesse Jackson, Abby Phillip argues that Democratic leaders have failed to understand populism.

We live in an age of populism, on the Right and on the Left. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber explains both populism’s potential and limitations for putting class and economics back into ...

Populism, he said, has been around as long as democracy, though it’s more apparent in countries in Latin America, where corruption can run deep. “If you have a belief in ordinary people deserving to ...

It’s Super Tuesday, and we’re talking about something that’s on the ballot in many nations around the world: populism. Right-wing populist movements have been gaining popularity in democracies like ...

We live in a populist age. Widespread discontent has swept unlikely politicians to the top of both political parties, and those politicians are pursuing unorthodox policies to respond to the concerns ...

For an idea that is supposedly so clearly destined for failure, libertarian populism sure has drawn a lot of attention from critics on both the left (Josh Barro, Jonathan Chait, Paul Krugman, Michael ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Edward Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and ...

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. What is fueling this movement? Populism is a political ideology that positions “the ...