After being dormant for decades, in the last two decades, right-wing populism resurfaced strongly in Europe and the US channeling a reaction against globalization. This resurgence has prompted economists to pay increasing attention to populist economics. Current versions of right wing populism...

Scholars of autocracies are increasingly debating whether autocratic regimes promote their subordinates based on achievements. Using the career tracks of the regional leaders of the German Nazi Party, the Gauleiters, from 1936 to 1944, we examine whether performance mattered for promotions...

The recent revival of political interest in antitrust has resurfaced a longstanding debate about the role of industrial concentration and monopoly in enabling Hitler's rise to power and the Third Reich's wars of aggression. Proponents of stronger antitrust enforcement argue that monopolies and...

Though we usually think of the German Nazi Party as a relic of a tragic past, the rise of Nazismcontinues to hold significant relevance to the modern global environment. In the last few years, there has been another increase in the popularity of fascism in the United States and throughout the...

Paul Samuelson was attracted to the economic dynamics of South American countries because of the links between economic performance and political factors. He discussed the influence of “populist democracy” on Argentina's relative stagnation, which, he argued in the 1970s and early 1980s,...

Do financial crises radicalize voters? We analyze a canonical case – Germany during the Great Depression. After a severe banking crisis in 1931, caused by foreign shocks and political inaction, radical voting increased sharply in the following year. Democracy collapsed six months later. We...