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Localism addresses head on many of the grievances exploited by populism
Legislation is much harder to unpick than governments think, writes Gideon Rachman
Economic change has affected other countries, but they have managed globalisation
Budapest under pressure for enacting laws restricting NGOs and Soros-funded university
The campaign against George Soros digs up the demons of anti-Semitism
Human affairs are too interwoven to be the product of purely national decision-making
Campaign rhetoric aimed at big business deals fades into a conventional stance
Social Democrats fear losing out to anti-immigrant party
Widespread cognitive capture of decision makers leaves ordinary people behind
‘The US is a plutocracy to a degree that is unimaginable in western Europe’
Inequality and joblessness will fuel and sustain the wave of voters’ anger
GE’s chief agrees with leftwing populist’s approach to connect with workers
We must be ready to combat the myths and delusions of revolutionary populism
‘The working classes don’t believe any politician can bring back good jobs but they want to be liked just as they are’
Sanders is in the ascendancy and Clintonite incrementalism is dead
Religious or not, politicians must accept those who think differently
Moderate leaders have mistaken the expedient for the universally true
Struggles in government highlight problems of moving from protest to power
Inequality, skills misconception and complacency plague these two rigid societies
Electorates feel the system is not working for them, writes Sébastien Thevoux-Chabuel
The global centre of gravity is moving from West to East, to the West’s disadvantage
Partners draw the line at election of hardliner to lead rightwing True Finns
Populists defeated in leader Beppe Grillo’s native Genoa and in other large cities
Partners rattled by election of True Finns leader fined for remarks about Islam
Electoral volatility is chiefly the legacy of the global financial crisis
