> The populist narrative likes to simplify complex economic topics into rich versus poor narratives as if this was a zero-sum game. There are multiple populist

> The populist narrative likes to simplify complex economic topics into rich versus poor narratives as if this was a zero-sum game. There are multiple populist narratives. At least equally popular is simplifying into the narrative where the non-zero sum aspects make up for any number of other problems (cf Regan's trickle down stories). I guess it's hard to simplify complex things without losing important information.