… If we are to prevail in overcoming the politics of grievance, we must first reckon that populism did not materialize from thin air. It is based on a fact: As globalization intensified during the past two decades, the middle classes in the industrialized world experienced stagnant incomes. The inward […] Read more »
Right-Wing Populism Is Prevailing in Left-Wing Strongholds Around the World
Across the postindustrial world, the populist right is excelling in the old bastions of the left. If there is a lesson for the United States in the decision by British voters to exit the European Union, it is the importance of the emerging split between the beneficiaries of multicultural globalism […] Read more »
Partisan divide over income inequality makes reducing it even harder
A majority of Americans of both parties believe that the gap between rich and poor is getting larger, making the issue a prominent one on the campaign trail this year. But you’d be wrong if you thought this meant there was any kind of consensus among Democrats and Republicans on […] Read more »
Americans Still Say Upper-Income Pay Too Little in Taxes
Six in 10 Americans continue to believe that upper-income Americans pay too little in taxes. This attitude has been steady over the past five years, but is lower than in the early 1990s, when as many as 77% said those with higher incomes paid too little in taxes. CONT. Frank […] Read more »
Trump is closer to what most Republicans believe than the ‘establishment’ candidates are
On Super Tuesday, Donald Trump continued his surprise series of wins, gaining seven out of the 11 states in play that day. In response, many are asking: Why have establishment candidates had such a hard time in this year’s Republican nomination contest? … To investigate, we have teamed up with […] Read more »
Behind the rise of Trump, long-standing grievances among left-out voters
At the core of Donald Trump’s political success this year are the grievances of a sizable and now vocal block of disaffected voters, many of them white and working-class, and a Republican Party that has sought and benefited from their support while giving them almost nothing tangible in return. … […] Read more »