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The European trust crisis and the rise of populism

Yann Algan, Sergei Guriev, Elias Papaioannou, Evgenia Passari, (2017), “The European trust crisis and the rise of populism”,VoxEu, 12 Δεκεμβρίου

A wave of populism has been gaining ground in the West since 2012. This column uses regional data for 26 European countries to explore how the impact of the Great Recession on labour markets has affected populist voting, political attitudes, and trust. The results indicate a strong link between unemployment and voting for non-mainstream (especially populist) parties. Unemployment is also correlated with increasing distrust of national and European parliaments.

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