Populism threatens Thailand again

Junta prefers handouts to hard work building economy

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's populist policy is keeping the country from advancing needed economic reforms.

As the Group of 20 leaders meet this weekend to assess the global economy, no topic is more pressing than the populist currents battering the world.

There is a certain poetry to this meeting taking place in Argentina, a place grappling with a history of anti-establishment leaders doling out short-term perks that trump common economic sense.

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