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In countries as diverse as the USA, France, Germany, the Lebanon, Iran and Hong Kong, mass protests have been mobilised against governments about insecurity of employment and earnings. Apart from a small international financial elite, a growing proportion of citizens feel at risk, and recognise that their standards of living are likely to stagnate or fall. This chapter analyses the likely future course of such trends.
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Jordan, B. (2021). Global Capitalism, Inequality and Insecurity. In: Immigration, Social Cohesion and Political Reaction. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52708-2_3
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