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Fortune
Jason Ma

Musk forms the America Party and Sam Altman backs ‘techno-capitalism’ as crumbling economic consensus gives way to rival visions

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  • Top tech leaders like Elon Musk and Sam Altman are feeling unwelcome in the current two-party system. Meanwhile, Democrats—still reeling from President Donald Trump’s return to the White House on the back of his economic populism—are grappling with their own message. The turmoil points to a clash in competing visions over how to run the economy.

The so-called Washington consensus that touted the benefits of free trade and fiscal discipline looks headed for the dustbin of history.

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