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But none of that will ever be a substitute for leaders taking the moral high ground and restoring to our public discourse its lost luster.
Good economic analysis can enable “constructive populists” to debate the “post-fact, fanciful populists” who seem to be on the rise, with a realistic alternative discourse – one that is transparent and based on credible expectations of economic policies and outcomes.
This anti-Semitism, which systematically marginalized Jews in the medieval and early modern periods, was supplanted by a pseudo-scientific race-based discourse that culminated in Auschwitz.
The most common approach is protectionism, which has been part of the political discourse in various countries in recent years.
Debating the Confidence FairyLONDON – In 2011, the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman characterized conservative discourse on budget deficits in terms of “bond vigilantes” and the “confidence fairy.”
Although Krugman invented his discourse for an American readership, it perfectly fits the British case as well.
If that was the case, I apologise, for the public discourse would make no sense if the antagonist’s view were purposefully distorted.
Above all, they have been excluded, practically and symbolically, from the country’s political discourse, and are treated regularly with condescension by politicians.
To be sure, with America exhausted from its fruitless wars in the Middle East, and Europe turning inward as it faces its own crises, the case for a multipolar discourse is more convincing today than at any other time since the Cold War.
With political parties driven into irrelevance, parliament turned into a rubber stamp agency, and national television networks taken under government control, public discourse has all but disappeared.
But that is too facile, because it ignores serious questions concerning how honest we want our political leaders and our political discourse to be.
Otherwise, we debase the currency of our democracy and lower the quality of our political discourse.
An independent and vigorous press that checks the truth is crucial to preserving the integrity of democracy; but so is an electorate that resists cynicism and the debasement of political discourse.
(The wealthy also remain largely in control of the media, the public discourse, and cross-border capital flows.)
A classic example is the way that “family” has replaced “marriage” in public discourse, with the implication that all “lifestyles” are equally valuable, despite the fact that most people persist in wanting to get married.
The difference was the discourse.
Such content is not just polarizing; it is often misleading and incendiary, and there are signs that it can undermine constructive democratic discourse.
Even as corrosive political discourse impedes effective action at the national and international levels, at the municipal level, progressive and effective immigrant-integration initiatives are flourishing.
They cannot afford to alienate the roughly 30-35% of Americans who passionately back him, ignore his personal transgressions, tolerate his degradation of the country’s civil discourse, favor his brutal treatment of immigrant families, and don’t mind that he is leaving the US almost friendless in the world.
Rather than expending significant political capital trying to press an unreceptive Israeli government and a fractured Palestinian establishment to pursue peace, Obama used his visit to shift the discourse – and the responsibility for achieving a peace agreement – to the Israeli (and Palestinian) public.
Insofar as political discourse is focused on national rebuilding and freedom, Islamic fundamentalists, in Egypt and elsewhere, will face an uphill battle.
The French entertainer Dieudonné M’bala M’bala – whose signature “quenelle” gesture, which resembles an inverted Nazi salute, has stirred controversy throughout Europe – personifies this overlapping discourse.
Although a return to the old discourse about Asian values is unlikely, some Asians may nevertheless reassert their differences on human rights, democracy and governance as memories of the crisis grow distant.
After all, climate change, energy security, and demographic challenges have been part of the European discourse for many years; now that discourse is starting to be shared by other parts of the world.
This is ironic, because the term “industrial policy” is anathema in American political discourse.
While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.
Addressing this gap would change the discourse in European politics and policies, not only regarding the sustainability and equitability of the welfare state, but also concerning some of the most divisive issues facing the EU – such as how to handle economic immigration and refugee flows.
This mixed record calls into question the efficacy of conventional poverty-reduction policies, often identified with the Washington Consensus, which transformed the discourse on poverty in the 1980’s.
This sentiment could have come straight out of an old French discourse on the pursuit of grandeur through European integration.
It is ironic to note that such a discourse would probably be difficult to sustain in France nowadays, even though it is the only other EU member to think in “great power” terms.
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