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The Uses and Limits of Anti-Neoliberalism

February 7, 2017 • by Laura Nelson

There is a generalizing story circulating about the 2016 presidential election that is, I think, a clear example of how trust and suspicion not only can but must coexist whenever we reflect on events: call it “the anti-neoliberalism narrative.” The story goes like this: the establishments of both the Republican ...

Dominating Donald Trump

“No Puppet, No Puppet, You’re the Puppet”

December 17, 2016 • by Sanford Schram

“No puppet, no puppet; you’re the puppet,” decried the disturbingly thinned-skinned Donald Trump. It was a typically revengeful response to Hillary Clinton during the last of the 2016 presidential debates. When Trump noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin liked him and not Clinton, she retorted Putin preferred a puppet. Clinton ...

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Trump and the Anti-Establishment Fantasy

The Balance of Power in the New Trump Administration

December 14, 2016 • by Rafael Khachaturian

After running as a political outsider, Donald Trump now finds himself having to navigate between two uneasily aligned factions. On one side is an emboldened right-populist base, personified by incoming White House chief strategist and Senior Counselor Stephen Bannon, that wants to see a fundamental turnover among the people in ...

Trump and the Anti-Establishment Fantasy

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The Disaster Has Already Happened: Trump’s Victory Seen from Afar

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December 12, 2016 • by Benoit Challand

Trump’s Election has Already Been a Disaster Contrary to those who say that after inauguration day we will face a disaster for democracy, I maintain that Trump’s election has already lead to a disaster. Yet, starting with a statement that Trump’s election has been a disaster does not mean we have ...