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Why businesses embrace populists and what to do about it: lessons from Hungary

  • Written by Gabor Scheiring, Marie Curie Fellow, Bocconi University

The coronavirus crisis has revealed the weaknesses of some populist leaders such as Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Donald Trump in the US, yet others are emerging stronger than ever. And they have some unlikely backers.

The Serbian government appears to have manipulated COVID-19 deaths and infections in the run-up to the June elections, allowing...