Andy Burnham has built his political identity around Britain’s neglected industrial communities. His premiership may depend on whether he can deliver for them.
John Austin
John Austin is an Associate Fellow with the Academy of International Affairs – NRW, affiliated faculty at the University of Michigan, and the former elected President of the Michigan State Board of Education.
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Trump Copied Orban’s Playbook. Now Both Wannabe Strongmen Are in Trouble
Hungary’s illiberal prime minister could lose power in elections on April 12, while Trump speeds toward disastrous midterms.
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The Swedes Tried to Warn Us
The economists who won the Nobel Prize see political institutions as key to economic vitality and fear political extremism when inequality rises. Sound familiar?
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State of the Union Reminder: Economic Policies Can Revive the Heartland and Save Democracy
At the State of the Union, he’ll rightly champion the CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and others. They are also the best protection against Trumpism here and abroad.
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It’s the Respect (and Good Policies), Stupid
Growing gaps in economic opportunity between successful urban regions and less successful industrial and rural hinterlands is a well-known problem. Such inequality fuels the fires of the polarizing populism and anti-democratic politics in the U.S. and Europe. The underlying cause of heartland voters’ alienation, unease, and resentment, as we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, is the real and perceived loss […]
