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The Dead-End of CorbynismoSANTIAGO – Latin America has a new export: populist
backlash.
Making matters worse, in the three years since world leaders agreed to the SDGs, there has been a growing
backlash
against multilateralism.
There is also a broader
backlash
under way.
The
backlash
against China can be seen elsewhere, too.
Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping finds himself not only defending the BRI, his signature foreign-policy initiative, but also confronting domestic criticism, however muted, for flaunting China’s global ambitions and thereby inviting a US-led international
backlash.
The country cannot afford to lose those benefits to an international
backlash
against its unfair trade and investment practices.
While austerity measures are appropriate in countries that have overspent in the past, the austerity that panic-stricken financial markets force upon a country can trigger a major social and political
backlash.
Expect the
backlash
against it to grow in the months and years ahead.
Italy, Spain, Portugal, and even Ireland face the same issues, but are at an earlier stage in the
backlash.
Likewise, while Iran supports Hezbollah, it has also held Hezbollah back from outright rebellion, which might trigger a further Sunni
backlash
in the region.
The strength of this reaction would probably be commensurate with the extent of enlargement: Prague or Vienna joining would draw a weaker
backlash
in Moscow than a similar move in Tallinn or Kiev.
Most of all, there is a populist
backlash
against the Young family’s outsize wealth, making some question why Singapore has no capital-gains or estate taxes.
But the
backlash
is perhaps less than an American or a European might expect.
One might cynically say that the
backlash
would be much more visible if there were less restrictions on the media.
For example, in Egypt in 1994, when the education minister banned primary school girls from wearing headscarfs, a strong
backlash
resulted and there followed a marked retrogression in women’s rights generally.
Of course, the crisis, together with European institutions’ perceived clumsiness, has also provoked a significant
backlash
among voters, some of whom doubt that the common currency can deliver prosperity.
Here, I anticipate that national governments may take a back seat to businesses, subnational governments, labor unions, and educational and non-profit institutions in driving progress, especially in places hit by political fragmentation and a
backlash
against the political establishment.
The
backlash
was swift, and they had to back off.
Why did the
backlash
in the US come just when the economy seemed to be on the mend, rather than earlier?
They threaten a major protectionist
backlash
in the United States and Europe; and they undermine the recovery in developing and emerging markets.
China can maintain its currency practices, but at the risk of large global macroeconomic imbalances and a major political
backlash
in the US and elsewhere.
But a nationalist
backlash
doomed Yeltsin’s efforts.
Given his record, Vladimir Putin would not face the type of nationalist
backlash
Yeltsin confronted if he sought to reach an agreement that restored Japan’s sovereignty over its Northern Territories.
As in Western Europe and the US, governments will again play a larger role in the economy, but state involvement has different connotations in these former socialist economies, particularly as they now face a
backlash
against financial development and against reformers.
In 1992, as the emerging Russian Federation teetered on the brink of economic and monetary collapse, he opted for radical reform, prompting a
backlash
from vested interest groups.
The
backlash
to the news that Facebook used people’s news feeds to test whether what they viewed could alter their moods was proof of that.
But the alternative could be worse: a populist
backlash
that destroys much of what Mexico has achieved over the last two decades.
Perhaps most risky, however, is the growing political
backlash
against free trade, reflected in a lack of progress in recent rounds of trade liberalization and the implementation of protectionist non-tariff trade barriers.
Popular
backlash
against disruptive change is inevitable, and occasionally serves as a useful counterweight to heedless leadership.
What is new today is the extent of the
backlash
in Europe and North America, which many pundits and policymakers believed were better equipped than ever to manage change.
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