What provides explanations for the rise of populist parties across the globe? Case from Germany…

Davide Cantoni, Felix Hagemeister and Mark Westcott have a piece. 

As expected, most political comparisons in Germany lead us to Nazis:

Economists and political scientists alike have tried to provide explanations for the rise of populist parties across the globe. This column examines the role of history in explaining the recent rise of the far-right in Germany. It finds that municipalities with high vote shares for the Nazi party in the late 1920s/early 1930s had also higher vote shares for the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party in 2016/17 state elections, suggesting that historical persistence, together with a major shift in the German political landscape, can explain the rise of far-right populism.

Hmm