David Frum: The Israeli protest was provoked initially by high housing prices. He says Israel is a thriving economy, enormous amount of opportunity there relative to its neighbors. But it was just way too high for most people because there's a feeling of malaise and disillusionment in the U.S., he says.Frum: Whatever that malaise is, it's not economic. It's not economic at all. And I'm sure it felt that way in Israel at the time, it feels that way here.
Author Martin Gurri, Visiting Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, talks about his book The Revolt of the Public with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gurri argues that a digital tsunami--the increase in information that the web provides--has destabilized authority and many institutions. He talks about the amorphous nature of recent populist protest movements around the world and where we might be headed politically and culturally.