Populism, as the residue of the properly political, is the ultimate symptom of the post-political condition. Firstly, the post-political consensus itself tends towards populist gestures as a substitute for the properly political.
Comment(0) Step 3 of 3 The business cycle affects output and employment in capital goods industries and consumer durable goods industries more severely than in industries producing consumer nondurables because the spending on the former goods could be postponed but it is difficult to cut back on the latter.
Cyclical Factors that Affect Business. Any business goes through different business cycles during the course of its existence. These cyclical stages include the ups and downs that a business experiences in terms of its sales volumes, revenues and product lines.