A brilliant piece from Derek Thompson - The
Doom Loop of Modern Liberalism
“Rich countries
tend to redistribute wealth from the rich few to the less-rich multitude. But
when that multitude suddenly includes minorities who are seen as outsiders, the
white majority can turn resentful and take back their egalitarian promises.
Take, for example, the Twin Cities of Minnesota. They were once revered for
their liberal local policies—like corporate-tax redistribution from rich areas
to poor neighborhoods and low-income housing construction near business
districts. But since the 1980s, as the metro area attracted more nonwhite
immigrants, the metro has become deeply segregated by income and race and
affordable-housing construction has backtracked. Or take Finland, that renowned
“Santa Claus State” of cradle-to-grave social services, where the welfare state
is being “systematically dismantled.” The far right has emerged in the last few
decades, just as foreign-born population has suddenly grown.”
The New Populism Isn't About Economics by Tyler Cowen
Related:
Nativism in American History
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-25/america-replays-past-episodes-of-nativism
Nativism in American History
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-25/america-replays-past-episodes-of-nativism