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Populism and the Billionaire Backlash | Pepper Culpepper
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- Oxford Policy Pod
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- May 17, 2026
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Summary
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, Master of Public Policy students Felix Wu and Meredith Lehman sit down with Pepper Culpepper — Vice Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government — to discuss his new book, Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy . In Billionaire Backlash , Culpepper and his co-author Taeku Lee argue that scandals centered on corporate malfeasance are a unique political force which leaders can leverage to compel lasting policy change. This discussion charts a path for how their theory applies to the present moment, at a time when populism is on the rise in democracies across the world. Recorded at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.