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SUMMARY:Alternative Worldviews\, Distrust and Populism - Helios Herrera (U
 niversity of Warwick )
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251013T133000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251013T143000
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DESCRIPTION:"We define populism as a platform that promotes policies based
  on a mis-specified model of the world — a simple alternative worldview.
  Voters’ trust in the traditional political class evolves over time\, de
 pending on the performance of mainstream politicians while in office. Cruc
 ially\, political distrust increases voters’ susceptibility to the alter
 native worldviews offered by populists. In turn\, the threat of populist s
 uccess disciplines traditional politicians encouraging better performance.
  We study when and how populists and their alternative narratives gain tra
 ction or recur\, and we examine their long-run effects on voter welfare. A
  key feature of the model is the feedback loop between distrust and altern
 ative truths: political distrust persists\, making voters more receptive t
 o populists even when traditional politicians improve their performance. T
 his dynamic gives rise to a low-trust trap\, where trust in mainstream pol
 iticians never fully recovers\, and cycles of populist and traditional rul
 e repeatedly emerge.\nSpeakers:\nHelios Herrera (University of Warwick )
LOCATION:Manor Road Building (Skills Lab)\, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6a6f0f59-fa99-486a-8658-45667b735d81/
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