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Will this crisis act as a catalyst for more reform, or will it lead to a
backlash
against the market model?
But, fearing a backlash, the Obama administration tried to gain Congressional backing only at the last minute – and as quietly as possible.
The current surge in identity politics seems to reflect a
backlash
against all that openness.
This will require considerable patience from governments and publics in the core and periphery alike – in the former to maintain large-scale financing, and in the latter to avoid a social and political
backlash
against years of painful contraction and loss of welfare.
Once rates get to 5% or 6%, assuming inflation remains dormant, the Fed can expect a
backlash
from Congress, the administration, unions, homebuilders, and others.
How will Trump handle the
backlash
when people start losing their health insurance?
But entrepreneurs face daunting barriers, such as inadequate logistics, lack of consumer financing, poorly trained workers, consumer distrust of new technologies, high-cost marketing channels,
backlash
from existing merchants or moneylenders, and under-developed regulation.
The problem is accentuated when stabilization is given priority, owing to the economic pain and social
backlash
that can result.
With his Olympic coup, Moon has both managed the North Korean threat to the Games and avoided any
backlash
from the United States.
And what is the massive
backlash
against immigration if not the assertion of one identity over another?
The
backlash
– fueled by frustration with the added pressure on public services, finances, and law enforcement, not to mention political fearmongering – left Merkel so wounded that she did not seek reelection as leader of her party this month, and will not stand for reelection as chancellor after her current term expires in 2021.
Similarly, in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a
backlash
against a federal carbon tax imposed on the four (of ten) Canadian provinces that rejected his original emissions-reduction policies – and it might cost him his job next year.
What has produced the populist
backlash
is the spectacle of political authorities devising technically complicated solutions that lack credibility.
Of course, there is much silent resentment about the enormous political and economic space occupied by the Pakistan military, and a danger of a
backlash
if the military does not learn to share more space with civil society.
On the contrary, the
backlash
against globalization and immigration will likely damage global growth, while the need to build ad hoc coalitions of the willing undermines progress in building new institutions.
Not doing so, due to fear of backlash, only enhances their power.
To fail would risk igniting a severe political backlash, including a spontaneous escalation of anti-regime activities.
The after-the-fact revelation that the reasons for invading Iraq were vastly exaggerated – and in some cases completely fabricated – produced an angry
backlash
that helped toss the Republicans out of power in the United States in 2008 and may do the same to Britain’s Labour Party later this year.
In the 1960s and 1970s, capitalism appeared to be collapsing for the opposite reasons: inflation and a
backlash
by taxpayers and business interests against the redistributive policies of “big government.”
The political
backlash
would be enormous.
The
backlash
against globalization – and the freer movement of goods, services, capital, labor, and technology that comes with it – that has now emerged in many countries is also a boon to illiberal demagogues.
But if we recognize these losses and address them head-on, we can avoid a
backlash
against potentially beneficial technological innovations, including advances in robotics.
Once this
backlash
starts, plenty of ambitious Conservative politicians whom May purged from government will be eager to exploit it.
The economic and social divisions within our societies have provoked a broad
backlash
in a wide range of settings – from the United States, Italy, and Germany in the developed world to developing countries such as the Philippines and Brazil.
Advocates of globalization dance around the topic because they fear it will incite nativist
backlash.
But it is likely that the very same populists and nationalists who drove EU leaders to craft the agreement with Turkey in order to contain the refugee crisis will now lead the
backlash
against visa-free access for Turkish citizens.
If not, advocates of democracy and human rights will face a
backlash.
Poland is witnessing a populist
backlash
against foreign ownership of banks.
Recent events suggest that we are more vulnerable that ever to a sudden and sharp
backlash.
Since February, equity markets have been buffeted by fears of rising inflation and import tariffs, and by the
backlash
against big tech.
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