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Brain Freeze: The Birth of Louisiana’s Drive-Thru Daiquiri Stand

The amazing story of how the drive-up Daiquiri stand was created and became a hallmark of Louisiana.

Until now I always assumed populism was mostly a left wing phenomenon. I was expecting a Huey Long style populist to emerge in the US after the financial crisis.  Instead we got a mirror image Kingfish, at least economically and politically.  The Mainly Macro blog explains how this happened.

Understanding why right-wing populism succeeds