It is generally accepted that Western Europe's exceptional economic performance in the so-called "Golden Age" (1950 …

those of Western Europe, compare the economy and public health costs and provide six key policy findings … stimulus measures. A second wave of infections began in the Australian state of Victoria from the end of May and in Western … Europe from July. Following a series of Victorian state government measures beginning in June 2020, new daily cases and daily …

The economic cost of populism is extremely high: after 15 years, GDP per capita is 10% lower compared to plausible non … association between populism and economic dysfunction and underperformance. Populists emanating from either the left or the right … tend to converge on a similar political economic model: protectionism, crony capitalism, and inveterate rent seeking. We …