Populism, as the residue of the properly political, is the ultimate symptom of the post-political condition. Firstly, the post-political consensus itself tends towards populist gestures as a substitute for the properly political.
Comment(0) Step 3 of 3 The business cycle affects output and employment in capital goods industries and consumer durable goods industries more severely than in industries producing consumer nondurables because the spending on the former goods could be postponed but it is difficult to cut back on the latter.
Current events affect the economy on an hourly basis. If you follow the stock market you know that any negative events that happen in the world immediately affect the stock market. Good news makes the market go up and negative news makes the market go down.