US innovation inequality and Trumpism : the political economy of technology deserts in a knowledge economy / Victor Menaldo, Nicolas Wittstock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menaldo, Victor, 1977- author.

Wittstock, Nicolas, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in law, economics and politics

Cambridge elements. Elements in law, economics and politics, 2732-4931

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--2009---Regional economic disparities.

Technological innovations--Political aspects--United States.

Technological innovations.

Populism--United States.

Populism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

United States innovation inequality and Trumpism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"President Trump embraced economic populism centered on trade protectionism, restrictions on international capital and technology flows, and subsidies for American raw material providers and domestic manufacturers. More innovative US counties roundly rejected this economic paradigm: Voters in innovation clusters of all sizes and across the country repudiated Trumpism in both 2016 and 2020. Trump's tariffs and attacks on global supply chains, restrictions on visas for skilled foreign workers, and his overall hostility toward high-tech sectors threatened the innovative firms that motor these places' economies. Trump was different in degree but not kind from previous American populists such as Jennings Bryan and Perot: they too exploited innovation inequality, but were less successful because, before the digital revolution, the industrial organization of American technological progress was not rooted in vertically disintegrated global supply chains. Thus, populism may not only be about resentment toward elites and experts but threaten innovatio"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Trumpism’s take on innovation

Contextualizing Trumpism as populism

Geography of Trumpism in 2016

Theoretical framework

Why less innovation equals support for Trumpism

Setting the stage to test the theoretical framework’s implications

Causal relationship between innovation and Trumpism, 2016

Innovation, President Trump, and the 2020 elections

The historical roots of innovation inequality and populism

Reflections on populism and polarization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Menaldo, Victor, 1977- US innovation inequality and Trumpism

ISBN:

9781009461450

1009461451

OCLC:

1472848581

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