Today’s absolute must-read.
Left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism.https://t.co/XSCdCrnfKR via @voxdotcom

— Jake Turk (@71djt) March 13, 2017

I hate the ‘must read’ thing, but it’s worth some time if you have it to spare, particularly if you are adept at comparing Europe to the US.

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“Voter racism,” they conclude, “pushes both parties in the United States significantly to the right on economic issues.”

The upshot is that a significant shift to the left on economic policy issues might fail to attract white Trump supporters, even in the working class. It could even plausibly hurt the Democrats politically by reminding whites just how little they want their dollars to go to “those people.” One can only imagine what Trump would tweet.

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