HISTORY REPEATING / WHY POPULISTS RISE AND GOVERNMENTS FALL

Most of the time, politics is boring. In most countries, the Average Joe rules. Extremists of the left and right can gnash their tee th but serious politicians know they desert the centre ground at their peril. It's the iron law of electoral politics.That is, in no rmal times.What about times when the centre can't hold, when the extremists take back control and set about making their country gre at again?At such moments, the best guide to the future is the past. Political chaos might be scary but it isn't all that chaotic. In fact, a...[Read more]