The Charismatic Leader

The Second World War was something that produced some of the pressures that led to a period of sustained economic growth and inequality. That changed in the 70s with the collapse of the Brettonwood system and the rise of neoliberal policy paradigms. It's not as though history presents us with an obvious way out of this, he says. People are so phobic now, at least in the rich countries, about disorder and about violence.