Why Do Center-Left Parties Take the Side of Consumers? The Rise of Partisanship in Consumer/Producer Conflicts in Advanced Economies

• In Event: Changes in Labour Practices and Policies

Brief Overview

The paper suggests that center-left parties have increasingly taken the side of consumers by opposing market monopoly. A key condition that facilitated this trend is the decline of collective labor market institutions in the rich world.

Author

• Jingjing Huo, University of Waterloo