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Martin Wolf on saving democratic capitalism: Hillary Clinton

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The Right Is More Effective Than the Left

Right-wing populism is more effective than left-wing populism globally/nThe US right built a long-term strategy, combining many strains of right-wing institutional, personal, ideological strains/nThe US right-wing was formed by old-fashioned racism, quasi-religious movement rooted in the South, and business leaders looking to financially advantage themselves/nThe right movement put focus on media, particularly talk radio and Fox News/nA concerted effort was taken to take over the courts in the US to reverse the liberal trend of the courts to enforce desegregation plans and the like.

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