Pepper Culpepper Says Good Populism Can Save Democracy
About this episode
Pepper Culpepper discusses how populism can strengthen democracy by channeling public anger towards corporate accountability.
We think the next ten years are going to be anti-billionaire. Pepper Culpepper Pepper Culpepper joins the Democracy Paradox to discuss when populism can strengthen democracy. Drawing on his Journal of Democracy article “When Populism Can Be Good” and his book with Taeku Lee, Billionaire Backlash, Culpepper argues that corporate scandals can channel public anger toward billionaires and large corporations in ways that reinforce democratic accountability. The conversation explores good and bad p...
More episodes of Democracy Paradox
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Democracy Paradox podcast page.