THE POPULISM DIVIDE

By DICK MORRIS


As the election enters its last two weeks, social populism wars with economic populism to become the major outlet for American anger and angst and to satisfy the demand for change. In his book The Populist Persuasion, Michael Kazin articulates the difference between these two types of populism: economic and social. Economic populism, the staple of the Democratic left, demonizes... [read more]