Episode 98: Liberalism versus Populism – How can Liberalism Fight Back? with Nils Karlson

Global Economy Podcast

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4.2 • 5 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This podcast is a partial recording of the seminar held at the ECIPE office in Brussels “Liberalism versus Populism – How can Liberalism Fight Back?” with the participation of political science Professor and Founder of the Ratio Institute Nils Karlson on the 7th of March 2024. The event was hosted by ECIPE Founder and Director Fredrik Erixon and examined the complexities of populism, its impact on society, and the strategies to combat the populist wave by using the principles of classical liberalism. Nils Karlson is a former professor of political science and founder (and former CEO) of the Ratio Institute, a research institute in Stockholm. A visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, between 2021 and 2023, professor Karlson is the author of numerous books and academic papers about subjects such as statecraft, economic reforms, labour markets and education. His new book, “Reviving Classical Liberalism Against Populism”, can be accessed here.

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0:00.0	I am very nice to see that my old friend Nils is here today to talk about his new book,
0:18.0	which is a book which I have had the chance to read, and a book which I recommend.
0:24.1	Everyone with an interest in just trying to understand turbulence in not just European Western politics over the past decade or so,
0:34.7	and trying just to get a better handle on
0:37.7	understanding what's been going on.
0:42.7	Related to that is, of course,
0:45.0	for at least those of us who call ourselves liberals
0:48.5	and who have watched the populist development with concern.
1:00.0	I think it's also a book which is necessary for us
1:03.7	in order to begin, sort of prompt us to reflect on perhaps things that we've done wrong.
1:10.6	Perspectives that were perhaps to be great, even arrogant,
1:16.6	approaches to our understanding of society which didn't accommodate all the things we need to accommodate
1:23.0	we need to accommodate in order to have a broader ideas climate, which is open, inclusive, inviting to people of
1:33.0	different types of beliefs and different types of preferences in life.
1:39.2	We're now on the verge of a European Parliament election.
1:44.0	You've all seen the forecasts about how populist
1:49.4	parties are probably going to make the best election ever.
1:53.1	They've done in the European Parliament election.
1:54.5	We say that every time when there is an election to European Parliament, but it's just
2:00.7	a reflection of reality that these parties have
2:03.3	become increasingly strong nationally. And of course, they sometimes also find it easier to get a
2:10.7	better foothold in European elections because turnouts and elections tend to be lower. And if you bring
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