{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6717ee4de16fb75ed56e281b/67a3863533bffa4af0d67b19?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The return of Trump: is inequality behind the rise of the populist president?","description":"<p>President Trump is in power once more. His victory is complete but the business of understanding just what happened has only just begun as we seek lessons&nbsp;–&nbsp;and warnings – for UK politics and this year’s European elections.</p><p><br></p><p>Why were the Democrats defeated? Is America’s surging inequality the root cause of President Trump’s victory? What connections can we draw between growing inequality and the populists’ clarion call for a “revolt against elites”?</p><p><br></p><p>At this event as part of our <a href=\"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/research-analysis/fair-society-series\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Society series</a>, in partnership with the Policy Institute at King’s College London, we convened some of the leading thinkers and analysts who have studied the American campaign up close for a discussion about what is fuelling populist politics in America, what we can learn from what happened – and how the UK government should respond.</p><p><br></p><p>Speakers:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Claire Ainsley, Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal, the Progressive Policy Institute and former Executive Director for Policy for Sir Keir Starmer</li><li>Professor Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield College Oxford and author of&nbsp;<em>Why Politics Fails&nbsp;</em></li><li>The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill and author of<em>&nbsp;The Inequality of Wealth&nbsp;</em></li><li>Peter Hyman, Former Senior Advisor to Sir Keir Starmer</li><li>Hamida Ali, Head of Policy and Programmes, Future Governance Forum</li><li>Professor Bobby Duffy,&nbsp;Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London (chair)</li></ul>","author_name":"Fairness Foundation"}