Almost everywhere in the world, democracies are facing a challenge from authoritarian movements. The catalyst for this is an economic policy and a neoliberal order in which the wealthy are becoming ever richer, whilst the vast majority of society is experiencing increasing economic hardship, tormented by experiences of social decline or fears of falling behind, and finding life gradually becoming unaffordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unemployment, inflation and the associated \u201eaffordability crisis\u201c are the fertile ground on which the slogans of right-wing pied pipers take root. That is why we need an \u201eanti-fascist economic policy\u201c, as Isabella M. Weber puts it in her much-acclaimed and much-discussed bestseller of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What would be the guiding principles of such an \u201eanti-fascist economic policy\u201c, and how can it be put into practice in times of multiple crises, a chaotic world order \u2013 and in the face of the climate crisis? The economist discusses this with the Finance Minister and soon-to-be Vice-Chancellor, Markus Marterbauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n