Ahead of the May 14 election, parties are outlining populist policies, with few bothering to spell out how they will fund them.
Since the Thai Rak Thai Party’s landslide victory in the 2001 general election, fuelled by populist policies such as universal healthcare, the One Tambon, One Product (Otop) initiative and low-cost housing schemes, populism has been a major theme in Thai politics. This year will be no different.
Nattanon Karnjanasilaroj, a former lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies and an expert in public…
