The thesis about the rise of ‘far-right’ parties and leaders has become increasingly popular recently. But is it still possible to identify someone as ‘left’ or ‘right’ when the world has changed so much? Jean-Paul Faguet, professor of development economics at the London School of Economics, believes this approach is wrong. The traditional working class is disappearing: most people, from office workers to Uber drivers, consider themselves to be self-employed rather than working class. The real political struggle that Trump and leaders like him are already engaged in is to define a new axis of political competition that reflects the real dividing lines of society. What does this axis look like and what does it mean for the world?
Why Trump is not ‘far-right’, and why ‘left’ and ‘right’ politics no longer exist
Professor of the London School of Economics Jean-Paul Faguet on what is happening to political terminology, and what dangers it may entail
