Pensioners and Populism

uses Brexit voting data to show that economic dislocation had little to do with the outcome.
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?
uses Brexit voting data to show that economic dislocation had little to do with the outcome.
explains how new technologies have both fueled the problem and enabled mobilization against it.
rejects the view that populist politics is simply a response to bad economics.
rebuts the argument that central bankers should be addressing income inequality.
warns that Theresa May sounds more like Europe's leading right-wing populists every day.
believes it is premature to conclude, as many observers have, that globalization is in retreat.