Growth Beats Grievance
After a long dalliance with populism, the United States and the United Kingdom do not need more culture wars or political campaigns about “rigged” systems. Rather, as Britain’s new prime minister understands, people need growth, opportunity, and renewed senses of agency and personal responsibility.
WASHINGTON, DC –The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is turning the page on self-destructive populism. Meanwhile, the United States continues to wallow in it. If she can navigate her premiership through its current choppy waters and into calmer seas, she might end up providing a model that American conservatives could follow.