What has populism ever done for you? Are populist governments successful in producing economic and social change?

The rhetoric of populism stresses benefiting “the people” who have been ignored by a corrupt elite, whether that elite is political or economic. If the reality to match rhetoric, then populist governments should provide social and economic benefits for public, including healthcare, education, income redistribution. This paper examines effects in American South during time Great Depression on number indicators well-being. general finding were successful short term producing changes, but these changes not sustained over time.