I was elected to the Parliament of Canada seven times.

Three times as Prime Minister.

I did not expect Donald Trump to be elected President of the United States.

But unlike most observers, I did think it was at least possible. Why?

Because I sensed, as Mr. Trump surely did,

that the political landscape had shifted.

The underlying issue is this.

Over the last few decades, thanks to globalization,

a billion people, mostly in the emerging markets of Asia,

have lifted themselves out of poverty.

This, of course, is a good thing.

Yet in many Western countries, the incomes of working people have stagnated

or even declined over the same period.

In short, many Americans voted for Donald Trump because the global economy

has not been working for them.

We can pretend that this is a false perception.

We can keep trying to convince people that they misunderstand their own lives.

Or we can try to understand what they are saying

and offer some solutions.

I prefer the latter approach.

Let me begin with this.

In our contemporary world, there are as British journalists,

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