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Joseph Stiglitz: What America’s economy needs from Trump

COMMENT: If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past

Joseph Stiglitz: What America’s economy needs from Trump
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Donald Trump’s astonishing victory in the United States presidential election has made one thing abundantly clear: too many Americans – particularly white male Americans – feel left behind.

It is not just a feeling; many Americans really have been left behind. It can be seen in the data no less clearly than in their anger. And, as I have argued repeatedly, an economic system that doesn't "deliver" for large parts of the population is a failed economic system. So what should President-elect Trump do about it?

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