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PS Most-Read on Economics & World Affairs 2016

Political rage went global in 2016, fueling a populist backlash across the democratic world and appalling terrorist violence in the Middle East, Europe, and beyond. Here is a selection of commentaries – of the year's 1,140 published by Project Syndicate – on the global political upheaval of the last 12 months, and its economic causes and consequences, that resonated most with our online readers.

Economics

Globalization and its New Discontents
Joseph Stiglitz explains why neoliberalism’s chickens are now coming home – to Europe and the US – to roost.

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