Populists and the arch-speculator Soros share a disposition of harnessing political uncertainty for yield

Evidence

Soros’s populist foes may pit themselves against his suave global speculation, but they seem to have, in an inverted way, the same disposition: harnessing political uncertainty for previously inaccessible yields. As trade, cultural, and (dis)information wars loom in the popular imagination, spearheading a new speculative fervor in political and economic life, do markets still ally themselves with Soros’s open society liberalism? Or has finance drawn closer to Trump’s and Johnson’s neopopulism? — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 247

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Political populists and financiers both profit from political uncertainty. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 379; Regressive populism and speculative finance are forming new alliances. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 57; Markets and populist publics may share a common yearning for uncertainty — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 65 (+1 more)