The theory goes, in tough economic times, demagogues have an easier time seizing power: people become manipulable by the (often false) promise that the demagogue will improve their lives.
Exploit this effect in reverse: measure the economy by how successful demagogues and their false promises are. Interestingly, this can be done at very high spatial resolution: the economic times of even a single person can be measured by their susceptibility to demagoguery.
Inspired by Trump.
Tangentially, who seizes power when economic times are not tough?
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