The populist challenge in many countries has been both a threat and a rebuke to the liberal consensus. How should policymakers who want to defend the principles of tolerance, openness, and rationality best counter their opponents?
Oct 28, 2016 uses Brexit voting data to show that economic dislocation had little to do with the outcome.
Oct 28, 2016 explains how new technologies have both fueled the problem and enabled mobilization against it.
Oct 27, 2016 rejects the view that populist politics is simply a response to bad economics.
Oct 25, 2016 rebuts the argument that central bankers should be addressing income inequality.
Oct 11, 2016 warns that Theresa May sounds more like Europe's leading right-wing populists every day.
Oct 6, 2016 believes it is premature to conclude, as many observers have, that globalization is in retreat.
Assuming the US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump, the fact remains that there are far fewer votes in the Senate than will be needed to convict him and remove him from office. But the willingness of Congress – including the Senate – to continue tolerating his dangerous conduct is now truly in question.
Before the current conservative government came to power in 2013, Australia was well-positioned to make the necessary transition to a low-carbon economy. But now, the country is heading in reverse, and has already fallen behind most developed countries, and even China, on reducing emissions and building resilience against climate change.
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