Brexit: Long-brewing revolt against globalization feeds economic, political chaos

Public resentment because of stalled careers and uncertain futures, as exemplified in the Brexit decision and the popularity in the U.S. of Donald Trump, is deeply rooted and powerful.

Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and U.K. Leave campaigner Boris Johnson. The populist discontent buoying Trump and fanning revolt in Britain appears to be a largely destructive movement fed by frustration, impatience, and intolerance, writes Les Whittington.Flickr photographs by Gage Skidmore and Andrew Parsons/ i-Images

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

June 29, 2016

OTTAWA—It was 2001 in Quebec City and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was getting together with United States President George W. Bush and other leaders to push forward with the U.S.’s hemispheric trade-liberalization plan. That was the heyday of government efforts to reshape the world in keeping...

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