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The United Kingdom’s vote for Brexit reflects a similar
backlash.
As the examples of Iran and Saudi Arabia show, however, such a long-term presence sooner or later creates an explosive
backlash.
Resource nationalism is on the rise, as is a
backlash
against free trade and inward FDI.
Indeed, rising income and wealth inequality in many emerging markets may eventually lead to a social and political
backlash
against liberalization and globalization.
Instead, there has been a
backlash
against the barrage of federal government spending, deficits, and debt.
Laissez-faire is a recipe for more financial crises and greater political
backlash.
As non-democratic leaders increasingly use the “fake news”
backlash
to clamp down on independent media, that number is likely to climb.
Any tax increases or spending cuts will have to be designed exceptionally well – perhaps impossibly so – for leaders to avoid a populist
backlash.
Given this, and despite the potential political difficulties and the risk of a social backlash, Brazil has little choice but to pursue an IMF-sponsored adjustment program.
The many uncertainties they face include concerns about excessive regulation, burdensome corporate taxation, high debt levels, erratic policymaking, the political
backlash
against globalization, and doubts that consumer spending outside (or even within) the United States will last.
With the contrast between the opulent lifestyle of the rich and the slow improvement of living conditions for the poor fomenting social tension, a serious
backlash
is in the making.
Latin America is currently experiencing a
backlash
against privatization, a trend that highlights the importance of public-sector reform.
As Harvard University’s Yascha Mounk notes in his insightful new book, The People vs. Democracy, that is the highest share since the last major anti-immigrant
backlash
in the US: the early twentieth-century “yellow peril.”
Some observers think that the US political
backlash
against foreigners “buying up America” is what will bring the current configuration of global imbalances to an end.
Deals like China’s investment in Blackstone postpone that backlash, but not for long: $3 billion is equivalent to what China accumulates in reserve in less than three working days.
Swedes recently gave enough votes to a right-wing, anti-immigrant party to give it representation in parliament, reflecting a growing
backlash
against the rising number of immigrants in Swedish society.
But we are at an early stage and face a remarkable
backlash
from the global troika: witness Sanders’ treatment by the Democratic National Committee, the run against Corbyn by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist, and the attempt to have me indicted for daring to oppose the EU’s plan for Greece.
But the
backlash
against interdependence – whether through the euro, free movement, or terrorism – is undeniable.
The intensification – and increasingly broad application – of defamation laws in the Middle East and North Africa represents a dangerous trend, one that is fueling an increasingly powerful
backlash
from civil-society groups.
Trump’s protectionist campaign rhetoric may not have been meant literally, but if he fails to deliver any of the trade curbs that he promised, Republicans will suffer a
backlash
from what is now their core voter constituency, voters in declining industries and regions.
Conversely, abandoning some of the policies he promised could trigger a
backlash
– perhaps violent – among his supporters.
The Politics of AngerCAMBRIDGE – Perhaps the only surprising thing about the populist
backlash
that has overwhelmed the politics of many advanced democracies is that it has taken so long.
We should recall that the first era of globalization, which reached its peak in the decades before World War I, eventually produced an even more severe political
backlash.
Today’s
backlash
most likely will not go quite so far.
Another risk is that reform attempts could provoke a political
backlash
that would be harmful to long-term investment.
It is also easy to envision a large-scale public
backlash
against the major technology companies, particularly if poor self-policing or a refusal to cooperate with law enforcement leads to some horrible event.
Five years ago, Mexico’s President Vicente Fox tried to convince Bush that something had to be done before a nativist
backlash
in the US complicated its relations with Latin America and made goals such as a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) impossible.
Trump’s threat to politicize the justice system has received the
backlash
that it deserves; but, sadly, his cynicism is not unique to the United States.
The core idea was simple: stop arguing for a “right to intervene,” which inevitably generates a backlash, and talk instead about “responsibility” – that of every state to protect its own citizens from atrocities, but also that of the wider international community to act if a state is unable or unwilling to do so.
If they don’t, sponsors will leave themselves exposed to a consumer
backlash
as FIFA’s poor reputation rubs off on their brands.
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