That's a great point. I think the perceptions and the actuality of economic difficulties do tend to be a breeding ground for various forms of populism, those kinds of easy answers. That's why these sorts of parties are growing in strength in Ukraine. That's why there is an appeal of these sorts of solutions in the United States, and obviously in Europe. There are people who come and say....
There are different kinds of easy answers. The problem with all of them is that they don't actually answer the question. They don't solve the problem, and the problem is that even when you have economic growth year on year, if you look at it over time, people are living worse than prior generations did. People's buying power has gone down, though not in all places. Eastern Europe is different, because prior generations lived under communism, so they've had only 25 years of this new liberal democracy. It's an interesting question to ask how those expectations are different from, say, expectations in the Netherlands, which has a different economic history.
Economics is not my primary area of expertise. I am a political scientist. I think that many of us have served our populations poorly in this context. Globalization does have its costs, and they have not been addressed to the extent that perhaps they should have been. I'm probably going to lean towards one set of solutions, and other people will lean towards others. I think that in democratic systems it is a matter of public policy to fight that out and to try to find ways to support those who feel hurt by economic downturns, and ensure that bolstering them does not in turn weaken others. It's not a matter of propping up the previously privileged in the face of the newly privileged, but a matter of rising tides that lift all boats.