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Three elections, and it’s the same economic incoherence
Elections under way in the US, Britain and France are being fought on what voters want to hear, rather than on what adds up.
Friday’s US presidential debate was the contest of dubious character against obvious frailty that everyone had feared.
Donald Trump launched into his trademark stream of exaggeration, untruths and evasion. Just as in 2016, he is selling voters the lurid vision of a failing America that only he can save.
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