Why Now? Using Polanyi and Schumpeter as a Guide to 21st Century Populism

• In Event: Revolutions in Political Thought from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Brief Overview

Polanyi’s Double Movement seems tailor made for explaining 21st century populism. But the theory is too vague to be applied. Using Schumpeter, I argue that transportation and communications revolutions explain the double movement in both eras.

Author

• Beth S Rabinowitz, Rutgers University