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It is difficult to know whether the bloodshed represents the festering of an old, unhealed wound or something new, a
backlash
against a majority-Slav government that seems bent on embracing ethnic chauvinism.
And if China becomes too aggressive toward its neighbors – for example, by demanding rights to offshore oil or territory in disputed waters – it will generate a serious diplomatic
backlash.
Both symbolically and practically, the widespread
backlash
against the proposed fuel tax frustrates necessary and urgent efforts to combat global warming.
Knowing that such a move would provoke an enormous
backlash
domestically, we looked for a formula for continuing official contacts and arms sales with Taiwan even after we had de-recognized them and terminated the mutual security treaty ratified during the Eisenhower years.
Today’s slowing growth and political
backlash
is not some “new normal.”
But it also must understand that too abrupt a fiscal adjustment can cause a political
backlash
that jeopardizes the credibility of the overall package.
If Trump cares about his base – or if he at least wants to avoid a political
backlash
from it – he should appoint dovish Fed governors who will favor easy-money policies that weaken the dollar.
Setting aside the external impact on the global economy, the damage to domestic stability and growth from anything other than a short-term technical default would be so severe that the political system (and both parties with it) could not withstand the
backlash.
The collective cost of a temporary inflation overrun is dwarfed by that of a premature recession resulting in permanent scars and a political
backlash
against economic orthodoxy.
Yet the recent
backlash
against globalization – triggered not only by economic insecurity and inequality, but also by fears of social and demographic change – has brought a resurgence of old-fashioned ethnic nationalism.
But if weak productivity growth persists – and with it subpar growth in wages and living standards – the recent populist
backlash
against free trade, globalization, migration, and market-oriented policies is likely to strengthen.
Yet when the actual budget proposals are made, there will be a growing
backlash.
In both cases the result could be a destabilizing anti-European
backlash.
But their growing fortunes stand in stark contrast to decades of slow wage growth, which is creating a political
backlash.
But now the
backlash
against globalization – and the freer movement of goods, services, capital, labor, and technology that came with it – has arrived.
Today’s
backlash
against trade and globalization should be viewed in the context of what, as we know from experience, could come next.
Without such structures, the world risks a competitive and disorderly race to the bottom among states – as often occurs with taxation – together with a protectionist
backlash.
Add to that Europe’s ongoing right-wing
backlash
(exemplified, most recently, by Italy’s election) and the threat of a trade war with the United States, and Germany’s new grand coalition reeks of desperation.
The weakening of World Bank safeguards might also trigger a “race to the bottom,” pitting private or state investors, new financing institutions, and a deregulated World Bank against one another, while provoking a popular
backlash.
Ironically, the political
backlash
against globalization is gaining momentum in many places even as digitization increases the opportunities and economic benefits that globalization has to offer.
Surprisingly, one enduring problem that provokes far less popular
backlash
is that finance continues to dominate the world economy, generating substantial instability and mounting risks like those that led to the 2008 global financial crisis.
The risk that these CEOs seemed most concerned about is the populist
backlash
against the kind of globalization that they have shaped – and from which they have benefited immensely.
There was some
backlash
against Trump when he failed to condemn clearly the white supremacist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, whose “Unite the Right” rally in August ended with the murder of a counter-protester.
Too Late to Compensate Free Trade’s LosersCAMBRIDGE – It appears that a new consensus has taken hold these days among the world’s business and policy elites about how to address the anti-globalization
backlash
that populists such as Donald Trump have so ably exploited.
The new consensus is stated succinctly by Nouriel Roubini: the
backlash
against globalization “can be contained and managed through policies that compensate workers for its collateral damage and costs,” he argues.
Promising “clean government” and “law and order,” and casting himself as the champion of the military and police, he has the credentials to lead an authoritarian
backlash.
Slow job creation and income growth may continue to fuel the populist
backlash
against austerity and reform.
Otherwise, he would face a serious domestic
backlash
from both the left and the right.
The political
backlash
that ensued from the bail-in triggered a blame game between the government and the opposition parties, and even between politicians and regulators, with all blaming the European Union and its banking regulations.
In hindsight, ordinary Italians’ financial losses, coupled with the sentiment that the EU had left them to deal with the refugee crisis on their own, made the populist
backlash
all but inevitable.
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