The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer

A GROWING SENSE OF INEQUITY IS UNDERMINING TRUST Since Edelman began measuring trust 20 years ago, it has been spurred by economic growth. This continues in Asia and the Middle East, but not in developed markets, where income inequality is now the more important factor. A majority of respondents in every developed market do not believe they will be better off in five years’ time, and more than half of respondents globally believe that capitalism in its current form is now doing more harm than good in the world.

Political Realignment

via http://turkishpolicy.com/article/981/political-realignment-threats-and-opportunities-for-european-liberals

A Global Political Realignment? Stephen Davies, Francis H. Buckley, Jacob T. Levy, Henry Farrell

Democratic politics sometimes changes dramatically in a short space of time. We may be living in one of those times. In his provocative lead essay, Stephen Davies argues that the forces of nationalism and populism are on the march in Britain, the Untied States, France, Germany, and many other countries. The sudden salience of the conflict between populism and continued globalization indicates that we are indeed experiencing a political realignment. Old causes and issues may fade in importance; new ones may take their place or even be settled definitively.

But is this really the case? 

Book Review: Populism by Benjamin Moffitt

n Populism, Benjamin Moffitt offers a new study that looks to assess the current state of scholarship on populism. Jake Scott finds the book goes a significant way toward providing the clarity that can be so lacking when it comes to understanding populism.

Debate on Populism at VOXEU

CEPR has started a Research and Policy Network on Populism and is now launching this VoxEU debate page on populism focusing on four broad questions:

Why We're Susceptible to Fake News, How to Defend Against it

via Fareed Zakaria

Thought processes and belief systems that people develop early in life to help protect against the anxiety and stress of an uncertain world may help explain why some individuals fall victim to what has come to be known as fake news, but psychologists can offer some strategies to defend against it, according to a series of presentations at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.