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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

Financial markets have become a bulwark against populist excesses

Donald Trump looking distressed in a dark suit with a blue tie
Donald Trump has vented his anger at the markets, accusing them of undermining his economic project. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

You say you want a revolution, sang the Beatles back in 1968. And that seems to be the interpretation of electoral results across the industrialised world.

From the seismic shifts in recent US and German elections to the rise of Reform and the Green party in the UK, electorates are signalling that they reject the status quo.

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