Gosling's Grouse: Crisis? What crisis?

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So for the second time this year, we have an 'Oh, no' moment as Donald Trump wins the US Presidential Election.

We gave Europe Brexit and the US has given the world Donald Trump, to the consternation of most people in financial markets. But while we might think markets are the most important thing in the world, to the popular electorate it is simpler things. Mexican wall and emailgate:The ten most memorable moments from US election battle It's their jobs (or lack of them). It's their homes (or the lack of a chance to own one). It's their education or healthcare systems. And maybe some of it is immigration, which worried them. All in all, voters in most developed countries have the same co...

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