Roberts: America didn't get what it wanted fully out of economic globalization or at least not yet. There's been a lot of downside and a lot of pain although a lot of upside certainly as well, she says. The good news is that the rest of the world has benefited at a faster pace than the U.S., Roberts adds. "We find individuals are incredibly sensitive to relative gains but particularly to relative losses"
It was supposed to boost prosperity and democracy at the same time. What really happened? According to the legal scholar Anthea Roberts, it depends which story you believe.