Tag: History Repeating - Why Populists Rise and Governments Fall

By Vikas Datta, Title: History Repeating - Why Populists Rise and Governments Fall; Author: Sam Wilkin; Publisher: Profile Books/Hachette India; Pages: 288; Price: Rs 599 Take a prosperous country facing a recent economic crisis where there is suddenly an improbable candidate for top office - a businessman claiming to be so rich as to be incorruptible and pledging to revive industry. He easily wins with support from rural areas, but in power, alienates the middle class, faces enquiries but sacks officials probing him, lashes out at criticism, and promotes his business...