03-10-2016, 01:05 AM
Krugman is also latching onto the anti-trade stance, in this case of both Sanders (because of his surprise Michigan win) and Trump:
Quote:The Sanders win defied all the polls, and nobody really knows why. But a widespread guess is that his attacks on trade agreements resonated with a broader audience than his attacks on Wall Street; and this message was especially powerful in Michigan, the former auto superpower. And while I hate attempts to claim symmetry between the parties — Trump is trying to become America’s Mussolini, Sanders at worst America’s Michael Foot — Trump has been tilling some of the same ground. So here’s the question: is the backlash against globalization finally getting real political traction?...A Protectionist Moment? - The New York Times