Andres Velasco

The bulky bully doesn’t always have the edge

Unlike politicians, economists admit that they don’t know why countries prosper or stagnate

Authoritarian and populist leaders are eroding civil liberties and weakening checks and balances. But many voters apparently love it. Why?

Why the country has swung from a far-left president to far-right Jose Antonio Kast

The London Consensus offers hope that a fresh policy approach can help push back against authoritarian populism

Don’t buy the conventional wisdom that populists are winning because democracy is not

The continent has only itself to blame for its inability to project geopolitical strength

There are disturbing parallels between the US and countries on the verge of a public-debt crisis

Why are voters flocking to right and left-wing populists ahead of this year’s presidential election?

Almost everyone does, not least the US, even as the Trump administration jeopardises it