Autoritäre Herrschaft und Populismus aus der Perspektive der ökonomischen Ideengeschichte

Karen Horn

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Autoritäre Herrschaft und Populismus aus der Perspektive der ökonomischen Ideengeschichte

Wirtschaftsdienst

Volume 106 (2026): Issue 1 (January 2026)

By: Karen Horn

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|Jan 2026

Abstract

‘Populism’ and ‘authoritarianism’ are modern political science terms that are not found in older economic literature. The econometric methods that allow us to get closer to the roots and effects of these political phenomena are also relatively recent. However, this does not mean that there was nothing comparable in the past. Quite the opposite, the history of economic thought has a lot substance to contribute to this currently pressing issue.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2026-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1613-978X | Journal ISSN: 0043-6275

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Language: German

Page range: 19 - 23

Published on: Jan 20, 2026

Published by: ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

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Publication frequency: 12 issues per year

Keywords:

B12,

B13,

B25,

B31

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Microeconomics,

Macroeconomics,

Public finance and fiscal theory,

Economic policy

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