[lbo-talk] INSTANT POPULISM: A short history of populism old and new

[Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM,  <c.berlet at publiceye.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This essay makes an argument for progressive populism, but it is an
> alarmingly distorted analysis of what populism is and how it functions.

Well, as you can see it focuses on FDR´s New Deal, aka progressive
populism, not right-wing populism. :)

btw: now that we´re using the "p" word... that reminds me of Thomas
Frank who refers to Reaganomics as "Free Market Populism". :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Market_Under_God

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