Sentences with phrase «populist economic programmes»

The late MIT economist Rudiger Dornbusch made an extensive study of the results of populist economic programmes around the world, finding that while they sometimes had immediate positive results, over the medium - and long - term they were catastrophic for the working class in whose name they were launched.

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The Nazis took advantage of the extreme economic hardship that followed the First World War and a global depression, but today's populist movements are growing powerful in wealthy European countries with strong social programmes.