New York Times (August 18)
“For decades, buying property was considered a safe investment in China. Now, instead of building a foundation of wealth for the country’s middle class, real estate has become a source of discontent and anger.”
Tags: Anger, Buying, China, Discontent, Foundation, Investment, Middle class, Property, Real estate, Safe, Wealth
The Economist (May 8)
“India’s national government looks increasingly hapless. Confronted with catastrophe, the state has melted away” leaving citizens enraged. “Indians are accustomed to ineptitude and meagre support,” but “it is a sense of utter abandonment, especially among the politically noisy middle class, that is driving the anger.”
Tags: Abandonment, Anger, Catastrophe, Citizens, Confronted, Government, Hapless, India, Ineptitude, Meagre, Middle class, Support
CNN (March 24)
While Prime Minister May “is a focus of anger at home, opinion abroad is also worsening. From a distance, Britain’s long-esteemed political establishment appears to be crumbling, one of the original architects of modern democracy floundering in archaic and arcane process. Much as the British empire eroded publicly with nowhere to hide, the nation’s humiliation over Brexit has staggered center stage.”
Tags: Anger, Brexit, Crumbling, Democracy, Empire, Floundering, Humiliation, Long-esteemed, May, Opinion, UK
The Economist (October 21)
“Populism’s wave has yet to crest.” Yet the gestures Trump is making “to his angry base” are unlikely to bring relief. “The demise of NAFTA will disproportionately hurt the blue-collar workers who back Mr Trump. Getting tough on immigrants will do nothing to improve economic conditions.” Instead, “mainstream parties must offer voters who feel left behind a better vision of the future, one that takes greater account of the geographical reality behind the politics of anger.”
Tags: Anger, Blue collar, Gestures, Immigrants, Mainstream, Nafta, Populism, Trump, Vision, Voters
New York Times (April 2)
“The prospect of job creation and short-term returns has prompted several governments in Latin America to welcome mining companies and keep regulation to a minimum,” sometimes with disastrous consequences. “The surge in reckless mining operations has provoked anger and controversy throughout the region, and it was a driving force for a remarkable law passed Wednesday in El Salvador banning mining for gold and other metals in the tiny Central American nation.” This bold new ban is unlikely to inspire copycats, but it may “prompt other countries to consider more carefully the toll mining takes on vulnerable communities and the need for tighter regulations and stronger enforcement of environmental rules.”
Tags: Anger, Controversy, El Salvador, Gold, Job creation, Latin America, Mining, Reckless, Regulation, Short-term returns
Wall Street Journal (March 17)
“‘Clearly the president was wrong’” with his accusation accusing former president Barak Obama of tapping his phone. While the White House press secretary stubbornly defends Trump’s accusation, “Mr. Trump would be wiser to say he fired the tweet in anger and walk it back. An apology can be good for the soul—and a Presidency.”
Tags: Accusation, Anger, Apology, Obama, Phone, President, Tap, U.S., White House
Financial Times (December 31)
“After December’s No vote in the Italian referendum, the rise of Donald Trump and the British vote to leave the EU, it appears that the political landscape of the developed world is being redesigned by the victims of globalisation and technological change. Anger towards political elites is pervasive. Yet a few rage-free zones remain, of which Japan is the most conspicuous.” Japan’s “immunity from the populist political tide remains remarkable.”
Tags: Anger, Elites, EU, Globalisation, Italy, Japan, Political landscape, Populist, Referendum, Technological change, Trump, UK, Victims
The Guardian (November 6)
“Everyone needs to calm down. The anger against the judges would be justified if they had declared the EU referendum invalid and banned Brexit. They did no such thing. They simply confirmed that parliament should have its proper place in the Brexit process. Of course it should.”
Tags: Anger, Brexit, EU referendum, Judges, Parliament, Process, UK
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Star (August 16)
After the police shooting of a black man, violence erupted in Milwaukee, “one of the nation’s most segregated” metropolitan areas where black male unemployment hovers around 50%. “While there is no excuse for what happened, there is a reason. Adults and teens exploded with anger and frustration because something is fundamentally wrong; something that has been building for decades.
Tags: Anger, Black man, Excuse, Frustration, Milwaukee, Police, Segregated, Shooting, Violence
LA Times (February 9)
“Billionaire businessman Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday with an unconventional brew of celebrity, voter anger and disdain for the traditional rules of politics.”
Tags: Anger, Celebrity, New Hampshire, Primary, Trump, Unconventional, Voters
