[Harold James] Crowning a healthy populism

Conventional wisdom has it that an autocratic ethnonationalist backlash against global capitalism and liberal democracy is driving 21st-century politics.

Yet recent developments have shown the political revolt to be more nuanced.

In an era of rapid technological and economic change, people invariably look to the past.

But nostalgia can inspire both ethnonationalists and those seeking to resist autocracy.

This perspective may help us understand why US President Donald Trump has come to power twic ...