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Branko Milanovic

The Good Fight

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The Rise of Populism in the United States

Sally Kohn: I find it striking that some people on the left in the United States, who claim to be internationalist and care about global economy. They use economic developments over the last 25, 30 years as a sort of clear argument against capitalism without taking on board that point, right? She says there's something where they capture a real insight, which is that what globalization has done to a lot of the U.S. Is this an argument that it makes sense to deploy politically or even to respond to people who have very understandable economic frustrations?, she asks.Kohn: There are two explanations for why Donald Trump was elected; one is because he appealed to low-income Americans

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