Populism's New Wave: Comparative and Historical Perspectives
Anderson School of Management, UCLA
February 23-24, 2018
Populism has seen a strong resurgence in the last decade, not only in Europe, but also in the United States. More broadly, political polarization seems to be on the rise in the most mature democracies. This political re-orientation has economic, social and political causes and consequences: Apparent consequences include Brexit, new approaches to international trade agreements, immigration policy and domestic policy, to name only a few. The potential causes of this political change include rapid technological change in industry, hyper-globalization, changes in communication technologies, rising income inequality and so forth. Populism also has many historical manifestations. What is different this time? What can we learn from history about the economic causes and consequences of populism? What historical precedents for populism are there both in the US and the rest of the world?
Conference sponsors: All-UC Group in Economic History, Anderson School of Management’s Center for Global Management
February 23-24, 2018
Populism has seen a strong resurgence in the last decade, not only in Europe, but also in the United States. More broadly, political polarization seems to be on the rise in the most mature democracies. This political re-orientation has economic, social and political causes and consequences: Apparent consequences include Brexit, new approaches to international trade agreements, immigration policy and domestic policy, to name only a few. The potential causes of this political change include rapid technological change in industry, hyper-globalization, changes in communication technologies, rising income inequality and so forth. Populism also has many historical manifestations. What is different this time? What can we learn from history about the economic causes and consequences of populism? What historical precedents for populism are there both in the US and the rest of the world?
Conference sponsors: All-UC Group in Economic History, Anderson School of Management’s Center for Global Management
Program of Events
Friday, February 23
1:30 - 2:20 Gavin Wright (Stanford), “Voting Rights and Economics in the American South”'
2:20 - 3:10 Barry Eichengreen* (UCB), Michael Haines (Colgate), Matt Jaremski (Colgate), David Leblang (Virginia), “Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election”
3:10 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:20 Romain Wacziarg* (UCLA), Klaus Desmet (SMU), “The Cultural Divide”
4:20 - 5:10 Ceren Baysan (UCB), “Can More Information Lead to More Voter Polarization? Experimental Evidence from Turkey”
6:00 - 8:00 Dinner
Saturday, February 24
8:00 - 8:50 Manuel Funke* (Bonn), Moritz Schularick (Bonn), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel), “Populists in Power”
8:50 - 9:40 Luigi Guiso (Einaudi Insitute), Helios Herrera* (Warwick), Massimo Morelli (Bocconi), T. Sonna (LSE), “Populism: Demand and Supply”
9:40 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:50 Gregori Galofré-Vilà (Bocconi), Christopher M.Meissner* (UCD), Martin Mckee (London Schoolof Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), David Stuckler (Bocconi), “Austerity and Rise of the Nazi Party”
10:50 - 11:40 Christian Dippel* (UCLA), Stephan Heblich, (Bristol),“Leadership and Social Norms: Evidence from the Forty-Eighters in the Civil War ”
11:40 - 12:30 Katherine Eriksson* (UCD), Marcella Alsan (Stanford) ,Greg Niemesh (Miami), “The Causes and Consequences of Nativism in the United States: Evidence from the Know-Nothing Party”
12:30 Box lunches will be available for All-UC group members and paper presenters.
1:30 - 2:20 Gavin Wright (Stanford), “Voting Rights and Economics in the American South”'
2:20 - 3:10 Barry Eichengreen* (UCB), Michael Haines (Colgate), Matt Jaremski (Colgate), David Leblang (Virginia), “Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election”
3:10 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:20 Romain Wacziarg* (UCLA), Klaus Desmet (SMU), “The Cultural Divide”
4:20 - 5:10 Ceren Baysan (UCB), “Can More Information Lead to More Voter Polarization? Experimental Evidence from Turkey”
6:00 - 8:00 Dinner
Saturday, February 24
8:00 - 8:50 Manuel Funke* (Bonn), Moritz Schularick (Bonn), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel), “Populists in Power”
8:50 - 9:40 Luigi Guiso (Einaudi Insitute), Helios Herrera* (Warwick), Massimo Morelli (Bocconi), T. Sonna (LSE), “Populism: Demand and Supply”
9:40 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:50 Gregori Galofré-Vilà (Bocconi), Christopher M.Meissner* (UCD), Martin Mckee (London Schoolof Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), David Stuckler (Bocconi), “Austerity and Rise of the Nazi Party”
10:50 - 11:40 Christian Dippel* (UCLA), Stephan Heblich, (Bristol),“Leadership and Social Norms: Evidence from the Forty-Eighters in the Civil War ”
11:40 - 12:30 Katherine Eriksson* (UCD), Marcella Alsan (Stanford) ,Greg Niemesh (Miami), “The Causes and Consequences of Nativism in the United States: Evidence from the Know-Nothing Party”
12:30 Box lunches will be available for All-UC group members and paper presenters.
