We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing anti-system parties in elections in the 1920s and 1930s. We confirm the existence of a link between political extremism and economic hard times as captured by growth or contraction of the economy. What mattered...

We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing anti-system parties in elections in the 1920s and 1930s. We confirm the existence of a link between political extremism and economic hard times as captured by growth or contraction of the economy. What mattered...

Das vorliegende Buch untersucht in zahlreichen Beiträgen die globale Wirtschaftsentwicklung. Die Schwerpunkte liegen dabei auf der allgemeinen weltweiten Entwicklung, den Fortschritten kleiner Länder, der Integration in die EU sowie der Nahrungsmittelversorgung und der Landwirtschaft. Von...