Globalization and the Rise of Populist Politics

28/08/2025 1h 0min

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Episode Synopsis

In this podcast, Alex Denley and Professor Rocco Buttiglione discuss the problem of globalization, mass migration, and populism. Post-war globalization brought a great increase in international trade, cooperation, technical and educational development, and cultural sharing. However, with open trade came the loss of manufacturing and industry in the West, and the emptying of the working class. Along with mass migration, the people grew to resent their global elite. Professor Buttiglione discusses the Church's response to globalization, and the need for a new elite who care for the people.Rocco Buttiglione's book "Modernity's Alternative: How History is Formed in the Depths of the People" is now available!Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! https://newpolity.com/magazine Check out our books! https://newpolity.com/press : https://newpolity.com/essays Check out our Catholic Social Teaching Masterclass hosted here in Steubenville, Ohio: https://newpolity.com/masterclass