The Nationalist Revival
Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization

In the lore of contemporary history, politics and even to a material extent, in literature, one of the most used and abused clichés is the one associated with the tenet of ‘nationalism’. Clothed in aggression, suggestive of a seething mode of activism and couched with anarchic undertones, the word n......more

Judis's measured tone and non-partisan, sensical takes on hot-button issues like trade, immigration, globalism, etc clearly rankle some readers who perhaps seek scholarly backing for their biases. In my view, it would be hard though for a thoughtful reader to take issue with much of the content of "......more

This book is a good briefing on the recent history regarding the rise of nationalism in the US and Europe, as well as the relevance of nationalist roots in Russia and China that influences international relations today. I did not feel the book was much more than a good briefing. There was an argumen......more

After finishing this very short audiobook, I may take a glance at previous books on global economics to shore up my knowledge on the subject. Ian Bremmer's GZero and When Globalization Fails by James Macdonald are two prescient books, written before 2016, that called out the impending political uphe......more

I'd give this book a 3.5 for the argument but a 5 for its usefulness. It has a great discussion of what nationalism is and how it has evolved, and in a very short space it covers much of the nationalist revolt against globalization we have seen in the last few decades. Judis is very good on the econ......more