“It would be a mistake to overstate the similarities between the Brexit vote and Trump's win - but there are common themes, not least in the rallying cries that the winning campaigns used. They focused on a supposed economic threat posed by outsiders, as immigrants or as trade partners. This fuelling of anxieties underpinned a narrative centered on the need to "regain control," whether of borders or of economic forces.” NeedsWould BeUsedWinningForceCommonMistakeEconomicCryTrumpAnxietyVoteTradeThreatFocusedPartnersCampaignsNarrativeBordersThemeImmigrantsOutsidersSimilarityRallyingRallying Cry Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Another similarity of Brexit and Trump's campaigns was an attack on so-called elites. This is not so much a failure of capitalism as of its high priests in the economic profession, for which we must all take some responsibility.” ResponsibilityEconomicTrumpCapitalismProfessionCampaignsPriestsElitesSimilarity Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Mainstream economic theories popular in the last several decades have tended to downplay the government's role in markets and to increase skepticism about even that more limited role. Austerity, particularly in Europe, has added to the problem. It has not worked, even on its own terms.” ProblemGovernmentLastsTermRolesEconomicTheoryEuropeIncreaseDecadesMainstreamSkepticismAusterityEconomic Theory Author:Mariana Mazzucato
