June 6, 2025
Prof. Carsten Q. Schneider has co-authored a new article:
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality
(Illiberal Politics in Europe, Vol. 13, 2025)
Using data from 38,000+ speeches across 120 countries and advanced machine learning models, the study shows that illiberal leaders on the right increase economic inequality, despite promises of redistribution.
Read the full article: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/9812
Co-authors: Dean Schafer, Seraphine F. Maerz, Alexandra Krasnokutskaya