Has Donald Trump's Populism Worked?

October 19, 2020 Topic: Politics Region: The Americas Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: Donald TrumpPopulismEconomyNATOOpioid Crisis

Has Donald Trump's Populism Worked?

Have President Trump’s economic policies been successful? If so, to what degree does populism deserve the credit? Going forward, what lessons should policymakers learn from this recent rise of populism on both the left and right? 

 

Not that I’m against more immigration. But when the rights to immigration are doled out to special interests, I would question that. That’s what I see keeping the fuel going, even within Trump’s administration in terms of pushing against some of these old immigration plans and deals.

All right. We’re just at the end. Mike, any final comment?

 

Strain: Just to thank Casey for writing the book and to encourage everyone who’s tuning in to buy it, it really is very thoughtful. And these are complicated issues that admit quite a bit of reasonable disagreement. And so I would encourage everybody to read Casey’s perspective on this.

All right. Casey, I didn’t actually give you an official last comment, so this would be your opportunity.

Mulligan: No, I agree with Michael. And Michael, it’s interesting to have the two books side by side. I think you’ll learn a lot more. The sum is better than the parts. The sum is greater than the parts. So this issue is not going away. So it’s worth learning about it and invest in it.

This article was first published by the American Enterprise Institute.

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