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Monday, February 6, 2023

Backlash to Globalization - Historical Perspective

AGAINST THE WORLD: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars | By Tara Zahra
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/books/review/against-the-world-tara-zahra.html
Even though much of what Zahra writes about took place nearly a century ago, the tensions she explores have never gone away. The benefits and harms of globalization continue to be unequally distributed; the antiglobalist response continues to thrive on resentments that can be whipped up by demagogues but nonetheless stem from frustrations that are real.