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Why is populism rising in so many democracies?

The people against the elites: a pitch more than a century old, and never more convincing than now.

Since the 2010s3 min read5 partsQuiz of 9 questions
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Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

Since the 2010s, populism has no longer been a fringe phenomenon. From the United States to India, and across Europe and Latin America, leaders are shaking up parties that had held power for decades.

The movement did not come out of nowhere. It grows out of very real economic, cultural and technological cracks. This course looks at the logic of that message and at the reasons for its rise.

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  1. 2The pure people against the corrupt elite
  2. 3Anger with real causes
  3. 4Very different faces, one method
  4. 5The real test: holding power
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary17 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.