The global Trump : structural US populism and economic conflicts with Europe and Asia /: structural US populism and economic conflicts with Europe and Asia. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul J.J. Welfens.
• Other Names: Welfens, Paul J. J
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: The Background to Trumpism and Economic Explanations; 1: Introduction; References; 2: Inequality, US Survey Results and Economic Analysis: The Case for Structural Trumpism; Tax Avoidance Problems, Foreign Direct Investment and G20; Income Dispersion; Economic Inequality Approach Versus Cultural Backlash Hypothesis; Relative Income Shares and Absolute Income Levels; US Survey of Consumer Finances: Analysis by Janet Yellen; Effective Real Per Capita Income and Health System Problems What Drives Health-Care Costs in the US?Council of Economic Advisers: Biased Per Capita Consumption Comparison of the US with Europe; CEA Conjectures on a Comparison of Per Capita Income Between US and Nordic Countries; Measuring Economic Performance; Child Poverty in the US Versus Child Poverty in Switzerland; Policy Priorities in an Open Economy: The Case of Switzerland; What Causes Rising Inequality in OECD Countries?; US Policy Aspects; Populism and the Internet; Political Polarization Two Destabilizing Mechanisms of the International Economy: Nationalism and Excessive Banking DeregulationReferences; 3: Protectionist US Policy and Expansionary Fiscal Policy: Ongoing Contradictions; The Political Debate About Trade and Globalization; Trade, Protectionism and Production in a National and Global Perspective; Trump's Fiscal Impulse; Inconsistent Views on the US International Trade Position; What Is the Problem with Globalization?; Globalization and Trade in an International Perspective; US Mid-term Elections 2018 Taking Back Control: Wishful Thinking and the International WorldReferences; Part II: Transatlantic Economic Relations; 4: Trade, Employment and Transatlantic Policy Aspects; The NAFTA Trade Conflict, New NAFTA and the US-China Tariff War in a Global Perspective; Skills and Employment Ratios in Industrialized Countries; Heterogeneous Firms, Trade and Employment; The Size of the Transatlantic Effective Per Capita Income Gap; US Imports of EU Cars as a Threat to US Security?; New Trade Conflicts and the Reform of International Organizations National Economic Policy and Globalization Plus China's GrowthCommon Populism Denominator in the USA and the EU?; Populism in Italy; Inequality Perception; Trumpism and the Conte Government in Italy; References; 5: EU Reform Problems and the Rise of Populism in Europe; Trumpism and Brexit; Brexit and Financial Market Perspectives; US Brexit Perspectives; Regulatory and Security Perspectives; References; Transatlantic Economic Relations; Appendix Part II: Adapted from Welfens (2018c), EIIW Discussion Paper No. 252
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (374 pages)
• Subjects: 330.973; Populism -- United States; Economic policy; International economic relations; Populism; United States -- Foreign economic relations; United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030217846; 3030217841
• Related ISBNs: 3030217833; 9783030217839
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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