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Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Galston of the Brookings Institution says globalization has hurt workers in manufacturing with job losses and declining incomes. It has produced outcomes that have favored some industries such as tech, and not others such as automobiles which in the past helped create the broad middle class by offering good paying jobs to people with less than a college education. Immigration has created an issue that political leaders outside of the main parties have appealed to in France, the U.S. and Britain. The result is a polarization in the voters that has rarely been seen to this extent before. The middle class in the period from the 1950's to the 1980's is not the middle class that we see today in Europe and the U.S. The 2008 financial crisis added to the problems with the slow and uncertain recovery for some groups such as white men, the less educated, students, and people on minimum wage.
Globalization and the white working class in Europe and the U.S. in 2016- job losses, regional disparities, growing inequality with declining incomes
07/13/2016
Sanders, Trump, in the U.S., Marie Le Pen in France, and Brexiters in England appeal to white working class which has not benefitted from trade agreements and globalization. Globalization has produced very different outcomes for different industries and regions, benefitting some and hurting others. Leaders of existing political parties have failed to grasp and respond to these changes leaving room for others to take up the cause of the white working class. TPP trade agreement for instance benefits the information technology industry and hurts the automobile industry in the U.S., producing unequal outcomes that come after years of job losses and hollowing out in some industries- making it unpopular, and raising questions about the wisdom of such policies when most of the gains in free trade are already behind us according to Krugman and other experts.
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Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
What the New GOP Means for Wall Street
WSJ 07/19/2016
Support for Trump in unexpected places | US elections 2016 | DW.COM | 20.07.2016
DW.COM 07/20/2016
The presidential campaign and the US middle class | US elections 2016 | DW.COM | 13.03.2016
DW.COM 03/13/2016
Hillary Clinton Asks Not for Trust, but for Faith in Her Competence
The New York Times 07/29/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
UKIP, Nigel Farage and the vote to Leave in Britain's 2016 EU referendum (Brexit)
07/05/2016
Grouped Articles
German press, politicians rail against Farage for abandoning ship | News | DW.COM | 05.07.2016
DW.COM 07/05/2016
Ireland in the sun after Brexit vote? | Europe | DW.COM | 05.07.2016
DW.COM 07/05/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Paul Nuttall says Ukip will 'replace Labour' after succeeding Nigel Farage as party's new leader
The Telegraph 11/28/2016
U.K.’s Economic Divide Takes Focus as May’s Lead in Polls Shrinks Ahead of Election
WSJ 06/06/2017
Is Brexit an error? Now even Vote Leave’s chief is having doubts | Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian 07/05/2017
The poor, less educated, working class voters, in Britain, France, and the U.S. by 2016-2017
06/30/2016
Grouped Articles
Brexit: a disaster decades in the making | Gary Younge
The Guardian 06/30/2016
British Politics Gives a Sense of Government by Old School Chums
The New York Times 07/07/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
Donald Trump and protectionist views in the U.S.
06/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Poverty among white Americans in 2010-2015
03/11/2009
A previous generation could count on good jobs in manufacturing with only a high school education. The last two decades of globalization have hit manufacturing jobs and wages in the U.S. hard and the impact is greatest on people without a college education. Other problems aggravating income and causing poverty is the increase of dropout rates from the labor force of young white American men, the effects of drug use and the lack of stable marraiges. This creates an underclass of whites in America, similiar to the underclass among minorities.
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Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession
New York Times 04/28/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011
New York Times 06/22/2013
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/2011
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
New York Times 02/10/2010
Jerry Muller on Capitalism and Inequality- preserving economic dynamism and maintaining protections for the middle class and the poor
04/15/2009
Muller points out that the family really matters and belonging to particular social, immigrant, ethnic and religious groups also makes a difference. Muller says having a clear eyed view shows protections are necessary for capitalism to work, yet also points out that in advanced capitalist societies muc of the framework for the protections such as unemployment insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Earned Income Credit, Affordable Care Act, are already in place. Individual societies and countries have to come up with their own solutions for economic protections. At the same time economic dynamism is critical part of vibrant democracy and capitalism. This requires human capital to be deployed in the best way possible. For individual countries this means increasing and preserving competitiveness in the global marketplace.
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New York Times 06/22/2013
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/2011
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
New York Times 09/12/2013
Americaâs Sinking Middle Class
New York Times 09/18/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
The nature of unemployment in this U.S. downturn as men, young people and the less educated are the worst hit groups.
03/11/2009
In this US downturn men are hit harder than women with job losses in manufacturing and construction, the less educated hit hardest, and young people also hit hard.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/22/2013
Wanted: Jobs for the New 'Lost' Generation
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2013
Women Reach a Milestone in Job Market
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2013
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
NAFTA, Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, and free trade- shifting sentiment of the working class in America against trade that leads to loss of manufacturing jobs
03/09/2016
The sentiment against loss of manufacturing jobs as a result of trade agreements and free trade is strongest in midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, which have seen the loss of manufacturing jobs hurt their economy. Especially hurt are younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Bernie Sanders narrowly won the Michigan primary against Hillary Clinton by bringing up this issue in a barrage of ads.
Grouped Articles
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
Globalization and manufacturing job losses in the U.S. and Canada 2000-2015
01/26/2016
Wage stagnation in the manufacuring sector in the U.S. is another aspect of the globalization trends, as workers in the U.S. compete with low wage workers in emerging markets such as Mexico and China.
Grouped Articles
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/2017
Workers in U.S. manufacturing plants in 2015- global competition, U.S. competitiveness and downward pressure on wages
03/24/2015
Workers who were once in the middle class are now lower class as conditions have changed in the automobile and other U.S. manufacturing plants. As more jobs are created in manufacturing than in IT related industries, this is a significant factor in improving U.S. employment and wages. There is an 86% increase in imports of parts from Mexico since 2008, over double for China.
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U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
U.S. Trade Gap Widens on Surging Imports
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2015
Dollar’s Rise Lifts Imports and Widens Trade Gap
New York Times 05/05/2015
Mexican Auto Production Sets Record in April
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
U.A.W. Contract With Fiat Chrysler Would Give 2nd-Tier Workers Big Raise
New York Times 09/18/2015
A stunning stat about pay seems impossible but actually is true - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/22/2015
How trade policy affects automobile industry and other manufacturing workers and the working class in the U.S.
04/07/2011
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This one anecdote perfectly explains how Donald Trump is hijacking the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/28/2016
Tallying the Toll of U.S.-China Trade
Wall Street Journal 09/27/2011
The Hidden Job Crisis for American Men
BusinessWeek 04/07/2011
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
Pacific Trade Deal Likely to Have Narrow Reach
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
America and a sense of white identity being shut out by 2016- frustration and protest against political correctness among white working class people and students
07/13/2016
White working class people and students on campus are expressing strong protest that white identity is being shut out with the demographic and social changes underway in America by 2016. What was essentially white and European being replaced by something different, with assimilation and melting pot precedent being replaced by something with which they are not familiar.
Grouped Articles
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance
The New York Times 07/13/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials
The New York Times 08/26/2016
"Deaths of Despair"- older white middle aged Americans 45-54 the situation in 2016
07/01/2016
Opioids, other diseases, social isolation, manufacturing job losses, lower social security checks as they retire early, lower savings cushion in adversity, are leading to higher mortality rates for this group in the U.S. This includes women in low income groups. See the article on the drop in the rankings of the Social Progress Index for the U.S. to 19th because of problems that include the woes of this group.
Grouped Articles
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
The New York Times 07/13/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
U.S. Household Incomes Surged 5.2% in 2015, First Gain Since 2007
WSJ 09/13/2016
Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
Washington Post 09/27/2016
Modest U.S. Jobs Growth Keeps Labor Market Steady
WSJ 10/07/2016
Bernie Sanders on the Democratic Party agenda in 2016, the Brexit and Trump voter, and the working class American
06/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
Brexit: a disaster decades in the making | Gary Younge
The Guardian 06/30/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Bernie Sanders Says ‘Elect Hillary,’ Gets Heavily Booed
WSJ 07/25/2016
Bernie Sanders aims to cool tensions in Philadelphia
CNN 07/25/2016
Labor MP Jo Cox in Britain and the Leave, Remain campaigns for the EU referendum
06/17/2016
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Jo Cox MP death: Police probe right-wing links to MP's killing - BBC News
BBC News 06/17/2016
Thomas Mair, Suspect in Jo Cox Killing, Had History of Neo-Nazi Ties and Mental Illnesss
The New York Times 06/17/2016
Britain Asks if Tone of ‘Brexit’ Campaign Made Violence Inevitable
The New York Times 06/17/2016
Opinion: Brexit would be a big mistake for UK, Europe | Opinion | DW.COM | 17.06.2016
DW.COM 06/17/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
A disappearing U.S. middle class in 2012-2015
01/20/2010
Meyerson, Ignatius and others ask the tough questions about America and the prospects for a future with a disappearing middle class, pointing to the need to structure globalization and build cooperation between workers, management and the government in new constructive ways.
Grouped Articles
Americaâs Sinking Middle Class
New York Times 09/18/2013
State of the Union: Obama Seeks to Narrow Income Gap
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
New York Times 02/08/2012
Falling Wages at Factories Squeeze the Middle Class
New York Times 11/20/2014
Washington Post 11/22/2014
The other roots of increasing inequality in the U.S.- global competition and sourcing, the case of the U.S. auto industry and manufacturing workers
03/24/2015
Auto parts imports into the U.S. from Mexico have increased by 86% since 2008, more than doubled for China. As wages rise in China, India is the next source country for low cost automobile parts from auto industry hubs in Gujarat and Tamilnadu, placing continuous downward pressure on manufacturing wages for the next decade, and the next. Parts imports were $32 billion in 1990, $138 billion in 2014. Workers in manufacturing make as low as $10 an hour today, similar to workers at Wal-Mart. An entire generation of manufacturing workers are now shifted from middle class to lower class from their parents generation to their own, reducing educational mobility in the American system and fewer opportunities for improvement. As more jobs are created in manufacturing than in IT related industries this is a significant hurdle for improving wages and employment in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Income Inequality Is Costing the U.S. on Social Issues
New York Times 04/28/2015
Economic-Ladder Concerns Trump Income Gap in Poll
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2015
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/2015
U.A.W. Contract With Fiat Chrysler Would Give 2nd-Tier Workers Big Raise
New York Times 09/18/2015
A stunning stat about pay seems impossible but actually is true - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/22/2015
The Trans Pacific Trade Agreement and trade issues dominating midwestern primaries in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois- loss of manufacturing jobs and Hillary Clinton's response
03/09/2016
Hillary Clinton puts more focus on loss of manufacturing jobs and opposition to trade agreements that hurts American workers following her narrow loss to Sanders in the Michigan primary of March 2016. Three fifths of Democratic voters in the Michigan primary saw this as a major issue, especially younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Hillary Clinton has opposed the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, yet supported this trade policy as part of the Obama administration. She was attacked on this same issue of trade during the primaries against Obama in 2008, at that time for support of Bill Clinton's NAFTA agreement with Mexico.
Grouped Articles
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
In Ohio, John Boehner’s GOP Legacy Crumbles With the Rise of Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
WSJ 06/10/2016
The hollowing out of Canada's manufacturing sector in Ontario province under the Conservative government and the general election of 2015
10/19/2015
The area around London, Ontario and Toronto, has seen a large loss in manufacturing jobs in the oil boom years. With the 20% decline in the Canadian currency after a fall in oil prices in 2014-2015, the manufacturing sector is seen as being so weakend that it has failed to benefit from the improvement in competitiveness. With no plan from the Conservatives under prime minister Harper other than going with the status quo, voters are shifting to the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau. Trudeau says he will run a small deficit to invest in infrastructure that will help manufacturing.
Grouped Articles
Amid Slumping Economy, Canada’s Stephen Harper Braces for Tight Election Race
Wall Street Journal 10/19/2015
Canada’s Justin Trudeau leads a Liberal landslide in stunning election victory - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/20/2015
Justin Trudeau Elected Prime Minister of Canada
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2015
For Canada, Most Noticeable Change Under Justin Trudeau Could Be Tone
New York Times 10/20/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Tech's hugely negative effect on Jobs- reports by the Economist magazine and other research showing severe effect on jobs and incomes
10/06/2014
One Oxford University study goes so far as to say 47% of U.S. jobs could be automated in the next 20 years. Clerical jobs are rapidly being automated and manufacturing can be done with a small number of workers.
Grouped Articles
Countering Tech’s Damaging Effect on Jobs
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2014
The world economy: Wealth without workers, workers without wealth
Economist 10/06/2014
Hiring Booms, but Soft Wages Linger
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2015
U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Washington Post 10/23/2015
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
How public sentiment in the U.S. swung sharply against free trade between 1999 and 2010, and is reflected in the Michigan presidential election primary in 2016
03/10/2016
Public sentiment had swung sharply against free trade in all age and income groups by 2010. By 2016 the Michigan primary showed significant gains by candidates who said trade relations did not take into account interests of American manufacturing workers.
Grouped Articles
Free Trade Loses Political Favor
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Millennials Have Cooled on Hillary Clinton, Forcing a Campaign Reset
WSJ 09/16/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
Clinton’s Substantial Popular-Vote Win
The New York Times 11/11/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
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