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Originally Posted by Not Bob
The fact that the working class has been screwed is real. The fact that many of the working class blame immigrants is real. The fact that many in the working class are racist is real. ... What I think Trump has been able to do is to add these grievances together in a way that the sum is greater than the equal of the parts.
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To be fair, I think this is right.
On trade, I'm interested in listening to this
podcast about
this paper reviewed in this
blog post.
A take away seems to be that we have not done enough to counteract the distributional harms of trade with China. That shouldn't really be a surprise. Nor is it the fault of immigrants or the Chinese. But its easier to get outraged at those people and at trade than at the GOP that was completely opposed to functioning government.
