ArticleAmerican Economic Association

Populist Leaders and the Economy

Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick, and Christoph Trebesch, 2023
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20202045

This study examines the global trend toward populism from 1900 to 2020 and its long-term economic impact. It finds that countries under populist leadership experience a 10% lower GDP per capita after 15 years compared to a plausible non-populist counterfactual, linking populist governance to economic instability, weakened institutions, and heightened risks for businesses and investors.

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Sustainable Finance, ESG, and CPR
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The Net Positive Manifesto
Paul Polman & Andrew Winston, 2021

This article introduces the concept of “net positive advocacy,” which involves working with partners to advocate for policy that supports systemic solutions and net positive outcomes for all competitors. This requires courage and a shift in mindset, but actually helps de-risk both sustainable business strategies AND political interactions for companies. Their Readiness Test tool provides a useful conversation starter about the change in mindset required. 

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Time to Succeed
2021

This guide outlines nine clear pathways—like net-zero emissions, circular economy, and inclusive societies—across key sectors including energy, mobility, food, and manufacturing, providing businesses a strategic roadmap to embed sustainability in governance and operations for a thriving 2050 within planetary limits.

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Time to Transform
2021

In a major refresh of its Vision 2050, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development argues that the decade ahead is critical if we are to achieve “9+ billion people living well within planetary boundaries.” They highlight the need to shift political and economic incentives that push companies into short-term behaviors that undermine societal or environmental systems, and propose a new CPR-driven mindset where firms align all policy influence activities to purpose statements and sustainability goals, partner to generate new policy ideas and help ensure relevant stakeholders are at the table.

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Today’s Window of Opportunity for Action
Chris Padilla of IBM, 2021
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Under a Microscope: A New Era of Scrutiny for Corporate Political Activity
Paul Washington & Merel Spierings, 2021

A robust overview of current legal landscape for corporate political activity. It highlights the reputational and other risks companies need to manage, and the need for oversight and transparency to govern political spending.

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Karthik Ramanna of the University of Oxford, 2021
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Karthik Ramanna of University of Oxford, 2021
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Why CPR Matters to Business & Society
Lisa Lewin of General Assembly, 2021
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Why CPR Matters to Shareholders
Rick Alexander and Sara Murphy of The Shareholder Commons, 2021
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Manu Meel of BridgeUSA, 2021
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Better Arguments Project
2020

Explores the history, emotion, and power of effective argumentation to promote more constructive debates and mutual learning in America. Shares key principles, including removing the focus on winning, prioritizing relationships and engaged listening, considering context, embracing vulnerability, and creating space for transformation. 

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Blueprint for Responsible Policy Engagement on Climate Change
2020

Offers concrete recommendations on how companies can establish systems that address climate change as a systemic risk and integrate this understanding into their direct and indirect x on climate policies.

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Conflicted Consequences: A Graphic Study on How Public Company Political Money Has Reshaped State and National Politics from 2010 to Today
2020

This report focuses on 527 organizations as a major vehicle for corporate treasury spending in support of candidates, parties and issues. It shows how the complexity of the transactions distance companies from their political spending, and the contradictions this invites -- in theory and in practice.

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CPA-Zicklin Framework for Corporate Political Spending
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The CPA-Zicklin Framework provides suggested key practices that companies can adopt to help manage the risks associated with election-related political spending.

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Brink Lindsey and Samuel Hammond, 2020

The authors of this report argue that regulatory capture, specifically in finance, health care and housing sectors, has created extensive roadblocks to achieving inclusive prosperity and advocate for a more dynamic high road economy built around equitable access to high quality services. (See pg 1-11)

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Fixing U.S. Politics
Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter, 2020

Founder of the Institute for Political Innovation and a Harvard Professor teamed up to identify the most powerful levers for transformation in American politics. Most notably, an increasing call from corporate leaders to reconsider frameworks that allow businesses to be entrenched in politics.

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Friedman @50: Is It Still the Social Responsibility of Business to Increase Profits?
Karthik Ramanna, 2020

This paper reflects on Friedman’s famous claim that American business should solely be driven to increase profits. Oxford Professor Karthik Ramanna homes in on the qualifying clause of Friedman’s argument—that markets need non-market institutions to safeguard the conditions for competition—and that if corporations have influence in shaping the market, then it is not free. The report argues that corporate influence on the political landscape has tilted in their favor, often at the expense of the public sphere.

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Large Corporations Contributed to Our Political Polarization: Here’s How They Can Fix It
Mark Mizruchi, 2020

This report provides an expansive history that ties the corporate condition to various policy eras, and makes a case for private sector investment in public policy (and not just one-off, charitable CSR initiatives).

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