Governor Jack Markell

Populism. That's the word and that's the word in the title of a piece that appeared in The Atlantic this week authored by Governor Jack Markell, called, Americans Need Jobs, Not Populism. In fairness, he may not have provided the title to this thing. But it is less an argument against populism than it is an argument for working class and middle class people to sit down and shut up about the very real squeeze we find ourselves in. It is an argument for his own political philosophy -- privileging businesses over the people who are the consumers for these businesses -- a philosophy that certainly wasn't on display (IMO) when he first campaigned for Governor. In this, the Governor wants you to know that it is globalization that is the root of today's economic issues. Which couldn't be more wrong.