"The Economic Dimensions of Populism"

What is it that unites figures as disparate and distinct as Habib Rizieq Shihab in Indonesia and Donald Trump in the United States? Despite being separated as far apart geographically and culturally, there is much in common about these two figures -- They proclaim the degeneracy of the current social order, and envision a return to a bygone conservative era, where the privilege of the majority was guaranteed in every aspect of political and economic life.