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Democratic Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, votes at The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts on November 04, 2025 in the Queens borough of New York City.

New York’s mayoral race becomes a national test of economic populism as Mamdani challenges Cuomo’s comeback

By Anthony Izaguirre, Jill Colvin and The Associated Press

November 4, 2025

US President Donald Trump watches as workers install a new flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Trump says the American Dream is on hold because ‘big homebuilders’ are ‘sitting on’ 2 million empty lots

By Eva Roytburg

October 6, 2025

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says leaders have to be ‘much more guarded’ about what they say because of social media and populism

By Paolo Confino

June 6, 2025

Populist backlash and ‘brainwashing’ threaten to derail Bulgaria joining the euro currency

Populist backlash and ‘brainwashing’ threaten to derail Bulgaria joining the euro currency

By David McHugh and The Associated Press

June 3, 2025

Global study shows majority of 18-34 year olds support using violence and disinformation to drive change

Global study shows majority of 18-34 year olds support using violence and disinformation to drive change

January 19, 2025

SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks with other delegates during day one of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 01, 2023 in Bletchley, England.

Elon Musk has reportedly discussed strategies to oust Keir Starmer as U.K. PM before the next election

January 9, 2025

Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, a Trump confidante, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

Elon Musk eyes €1.5 billion Italy SpaceX deal after confidante Giorgia Meloni visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

January 6, 2025

Elon Musk turns on UK populist Farage after attacking Labour

Elon Musk turns on UK populist Farage after attacking Labour

January 5, 2025

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju convention in Rome, an annual event organized by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party.

Elon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene—‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’

By Christiaan Hetzner

December 29, 2024

Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, takes a selfie photograph with a boy, after voting at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Prime Minister Viktor Orbans party was tied with the opposition in a poll published a day before Hungarys election, raising the possibility that the race will be even tighter than previously predicted.

Hungary offered €30,000 to couples having 3 kids—but its birth rate has still fallen to a record monthly low

August 19, 2024

Radical libertarian populist wins Argentina’s presidential election in a landslide and investors are happy

Radical libertarian populist wins Argentina’s presidential election in a landslide and investors are happy

By Kevin Simauchi, Giovanna Bellotti Azevedo, Scott Squires and Bloomberg

November 20, 2023

The sun rises over buildings in Europe.

Europe’s deglobalization and surging nationalism have echoes of the 1930s. Now it’s heading into a major energy crisis

By Tristan Bove

October 2, 2022

Don’t focus on income inequality to tackle populism. It might end up making the problem worse

Don’t focus on income inequality to tackle populism. It might end up making the problem worse

By Eric Protzer

January 16, 2022

William Jennings Bryan Giving Speech

From WallStreetBets to William Jennings Bryan: Why America’s financial populists love a good silver rally

February 6, 2021

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairmans Bernanke, Paulson, And Geithner Discuss The Global Financial Crisis Of 10 Years Ago

Former Fed Chair Bernanke Says We Can’t Blame the Rise in Populism and Donald Trump on the Great Recession

September 13, 2018

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