nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4129a99b4b129d07 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250122s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4129a99b4b129d07 doi eng 342 23 Scheuerman, William E. Author aut Trump and the Folklore of Capitalism Scheuerman, William E. Verfassungsblog 2025-01-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier How can we make sense of the return of Donald Trump, who again convinced enough US voters of his populist bonafides? Populist authoritarianism has made inroads around the world. Only Trump’s version, however, probably brings together so much wealth and power, with super-rich business executives now at the helm. Here I tap a brilliant but neglected book, The Folklore of Capitalism (1937), by the legal scholar and New Deal trustbuster, Thurman Arnold (1891-1961), to understand this remarkable development. Folklore of Capitalism helps explain Trump’s wide appeal, despite the electorate’s disagreements with many of his policy preferences. CC BY-SA 4.0 Capitalism Democratic Backsliding EU Europarecht Gewaltenteilung Rule of Law Trump Donald | 1946- | Geschäftsmann Unternehmer Politiker Verfassungsrecht democracy (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4153206-5 gnd Europarecht (DE-588)4071817-7 gnd Gewaltenteilung (DE-588)118834312 gnd Trump Donald | 1946- | Geschäftsmann Unternehmer Politiker (DE-588)1175913448 gnd Verfassungsrecht Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/trump-and-the-folklore-of-capitalism/ raw object