Financial Times economics writer Martin Sandbu explains how economic insecurity has given rise to populism, and proposes changes that would restore a sense of belonging in the Western economy.

From the 2008 economic crisis to Brexit and the 2016 U.S. election, recent decades have seen radical societal and economic shifts across the Western world.

As societies feel more excluded from their national economic policies, right-wing politicians seem to be gaining support throughout Europe and North America.

Most of these politicians blame globalization and migration for their countries' economic downfall, but are these arguments valid?

Martin Sandbu is a Financial Times columnist and European economics commentator.

In his 2020 book, The Economics of Belonging, Sandbu proposes economic changes that would bring more security and social cohesion to the West without moving away from liberal democracy.