Costing Populist Policies

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Ilagan, Michael, Banaag, Miann S, Baysic, Ivyrose
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Populist Policies Populism; Economic Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/93; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3040451
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In many countries were populism has taken hold, focus on quicker yet ultimately unsustainable policy shortcuts gave rise to canonical populism that has led to policy failure and crises. This note analyzes three policy cases in the Philippines which appear to reflect populist tendencies, defined simp...