- This is consistent with data from the Indonesian case: here is data on declining inequality and strong economic performance in Indonesia in the run-up to the election of Prabowo Subianto (from a working paper with Bill Liddle and Saiful Mujani). Populist authoritarianism is victorious nevertheless.
- Fascinating paper. "In eight of the twelve cases under study, inequality was trending downward in the years before the elections that brought to power leaders who moved against democracy."