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Personal opinions of the man aside, I do find Trump an interesting phenomenon.He's extremely interventionist but seemingly loved by business and business lobbyists. He also seems to have a strong support base among the working class.Most significant is the support from business. This would suggest the whole mantra about free markets and so on which has dominated Western political thought for the past 35 or so years is a long way off the mark if even business wants, indeed it seems actually needs, more government involvement in things.I'm not arguing wrong or right. It's just something I find interesting since I never expected to hear it. It's the exact opposite of what has been said since the 1980's when it became all about de-regulation, "level playing fields" and so on. Now we've got someone extremely interventionist being credited with boosting business profits and the economy.That's a bit like waking up tomorrow morning and hearing that doctors have found exercise is best avoided but smoking cigarettes isn't bad for you at all. Or hearing that Tony Abbott has launched a new career and is now working for the CFMEU. Or anything else that amounts to a complete reversal on what has been a heavily made point for a very long time which prompts you to check the date to ensure it isn't the 1st of April.Never did I think I'd see business cheering on someone who's into government intervention and opposed to free trade. But like many things it seems the impossible has actually happened.
Personal opinions of the man aside, I do find Trump an interesting phenomenon.
He's extremely interventionist but seemingly loved by business and business lobbyists. He also seems to have a strong support base among the working class.
Most significant is the support from business. This would suggest the whole mantra about free markets and so on which has dominated Western political thought for the past 35 or so years is a long way off the mark if even business wants, indeed it seems actually needs, more government involvement in things.
I'm not arguing wrong or right. It's just something I find interesting since I never expected to hear it. It's the exact opposite of what has been said since the 1980's when it became all about de-regulation, "level playing fields" and so on. Now we've got someone extremely interventionist being credited with boosting business profits and the economy.
That's a bit like waking up tomorrow morning and hearing that doctors have found exercise is best avoided but smoking cigarettes isn't bad for you at all. Or hearing that Tony Abbott has launched a new career and is now working for the CFMEU. Or anything else that amounts to a complete reversal on what has been a heavily made point for a very long time which prompts you to check the date to ensure it isn't the 1st of April.
Never did I think I'd see business cheering on someone who's into government intervention and opposed to free trade. But like many things it seems the impossible has actually happened.
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