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Is there some misalignment of HN title and abstract? The title mentions Globalisation and the abstract does not, but instead relates populism to economic condi

• frank_nitti 3y ago
  Good call-out. The globalization vs nationalization dichotomy is inherently linked to populism in the discussion, at least here in the US. Starting from about ~50 years ago: 1. Owner class outsources manufacturing operations to cut labor costs (i.e. globalization) 2. Working class loses stable full-time union jobs with good pay and benefits, relegated to part-time minimum wage service jobs with no benefits (from the Chrysler factory to the Arby’s drive-thru) 3. Working class voters support leaders who advocate restoring manufacturing job sector, controlling immigration, regulating the “fat cat” owner class 4. Owner class labels working-class advocates as “populist” and their anti-globalization stances as “nationalist” So they’ve always been associated in my mind, and many others who grew up in this era. People may not think of Trump as a working-class advocate (and I would agree). But the truth is that he leveraged the nationalist sentiment tied to the loss of strong employment opportunities for working people, promising to bring manufacturing jobs back and control immigration. On those two fronts, he and Bernie Sanders were more aligned than either were with so-called “corporatist” politicians on either side of the aisle in Washington. Hence both were labeled as populists, along with leaders like AMLO in Mexico and Johnson in the UK