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A new look at “populist” policies

February 19th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 14 Comments

Yesterday’s presentation of the new Thai government’s policy agenda has set off a new round of name-calling about so-called “populist” policies. This is to be expected from the usual suspects in the media and the Bangkok elite.
But is it too much to hope that, this time around, academics and other public policy commentators might hold [...]

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