Is globalisation fuelling populism?

Populism is on the up, left and right. What accounts for voters’ growing revolt against the status quo, asks Daniel Goss.

On both sides of the Atlantic, populism of the left and the right is on the rise. Its most visible standard-bearer in the United States is Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee.

In Europe, there are many strands — from Spain’s leftist Podemos party to France’s right-wing National Front — but all share the same opposition to centrist parties, and to the establishment in general. What accounts for voters’ growing revolt against the status quo?