Fueled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, the past few years have witnessed the widespread rejection of the economic and political order that Western countries built up after 1945. Political debates have turned into violent clashes between those who want to 鈥渢ake their country back鈥� and those viewed as defending an elitist, broken, and unpatriotic social contract. There seems to be an increasing polarization of values. The Economics of Belonging argues that we should step back and take a fresh look at the root causes of our current challenges. Listen in:
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Martin Sandbu has been writing about economics for the Financial Times since 2009. Having started out as the newspaper鈥檚 economics leader writer, he is currently FT鈥檚 European economics commentator and writes its Free Lunch premium economics newsletter. Previously, he was a senior research fellow at the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Just Business and Europe鈥檚 Orphan (Princeton). Twitter @MESandbu
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