The Accelerator

Allan Milne Lees
7 min readMay 1, 2020

Stupid actions always have dire consequences

Image credit: Business Insider

Back in 2009 The Economist magazine naively argued that despite the strong historical correlation between major economic downturns and an upswing in populism/nationalism, the 2007–2008 global recession had not led to the rise of populist Parties and politicians.

One can only wish that The Economist would hire journalists with a more adequate grasp of affairs.

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Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.