Americans Want Populism, Not So-Called “Abundance”

Americans want Populism, Not So-Called “Abundance”

Demand Progress commissioned a national poll of 1,200 registered voters to test the resonance of the “abundance agenda” being promoted as a potential policy and political refocus for the Democratic party. The objective of the poll was to compare support for abundance arguments to a prominent competing framework: populist arguments and policy objectives. Read relevant poll questions and results The results of the poll clearly showed that, while t…

Equitable Growth event brings together scholars and the policy community to discuss the rise of right-wing populism and the future of economic policy

This article was drafted with assistance from Perplexity AI. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth in mid-May hosted an event on “The rise of populism and the future of economic policy,” in Washington, DC. The event featured speakers from the policymaking and advocacy communities, as well as from academia, who have studied the connections between populism and policy both in the United States and abroad. In particular, they discussed what is…