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You’ll Only Understand Trump and Brexit If You Understand the Failure of Globalization

[See also The Numbers Show Trump Win NOT Due to Racism and Sexism]   You can only understand the victory of Donald Trump and Brexit once you understand the failure of globalization … Trump Trump made rejection of globalization a centerpiece of his campaign. In his July 21st acceptance speech as the Republican nominee, he said: Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo. The Boston Globe bannered this headline on Thursday:  “Trump won. Globalization lost. Now...

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Even Mainstream Economists Starting to Admit that “Free Trade Agreements” Are Anything But …

Trump and Sanders have whipped up a lot of popular support by opposing “free trade” agreements. But it’s not just politics and populism … mainstream experts are starting to reconsider their blind adherence to the dogma that more globalization and bigger free trade agreement are always good. UC Berkeley Economics professor Robert Reich – Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor – wrote last month: Suppose that by enacting a particular law we’d...

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