Must-Read: Tyler Cowen: The Roots of Trump Support:
It seems to be living near failure, not necessarily experiencing it yourself...
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White households tend be more affluent than other households, and Trump’s supporters are overwhelmingly white. The same is true of Republicans in general. Yet when Rothwell focused only on white Republicans, he also found that demographically similar respondents who were more affluent viewed Trump more favorably. These results suggest that personal finances cannot account alone for Trump’s appeal. His popularity with less educated men is probably due to some other trait that these supporters share.
Rothwell’s results also very much downplay the roles of trade and China, compared to some other estimates...
