Taeku Lee

Taeku Lee is Bae Family Professor of Government at Harvard University. Together with Pepper Culpepper, they are the authors of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (2026).
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April 2026, Volume 37, Issue 2

When Populism Can Be Good

Populism is too often treated as if it is all one thing. But what if populist politics and democratic backsliding didn’t have to go together? A closer look reveals two kinds of populism, one of which is less threatening to liberal democracy.