Latin America’s Populist Hangover (Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations)

In my piece published in the November/December 2016 issue of Foreign Affairs, I lay out the economic and political characteristics of populism, analyze why it is receding in Latin America today, and describe what a next wave might look like. I also argue that Latin America’s historical experience with populism provides some bracing warnings to other countries now flirting with such politics. You can read the first three paragraphs of the article below:

http://blogs.cfr.org/oneil/2016/10/18/latin-americas-populist-hangover/