
Why Trumpian Populism Failed
Mar 9, 2021 shows how US democratic institutions prevailed, and why they remain vulnerable to wannabe autocrats.
James A. Robinson, Institute Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, is University Professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is the co-author (with Daron Acemoglu) of The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.
Mar 9, 2021 shows how US democratic institutions prevailed, and why they remain vulnerable to wannabe autocrats.
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