Showing posts with label Bill Emmott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Emmott. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
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Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Trump’s Italian Prototype (Bill Emmott, Project-Syndicate)
The rise of billionaire Donald Trump in the US presidential race has been met with a mixture of horror and fascination. As his campaign, once regarded with derision, continues to rack up successes – most recently, in the Michigan and Mississippi primaries and the Hawaii caucus – pundits are scrambling for some historical or foreign analogue that can shed light on the phenomenon. While no comparison is perfect, the most apt comparison is with Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian media mogul who has served three terms as his country’s prime minister. It is not a reassuring model.
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-follows-berlusconi-prototype-by-bill-emmott-2016-03
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-follows-berlusconi-prototype-by-bill-emmott-2016-03
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