Catherine Rampell: Left and right voted for populism. They got plutocracy.
Populism, RIP.It croaked on a birthday of sorts. This month marks 10 years since the Great Recession -- and thereby the social movement it unleashed -- was born.This obituary begins in December 2007, when the spark of the financial crisis grew into a fire. The conflagration would go on to blaze through more than 8 million jobs, trillions of dollars in wealth, millions of foreclosed homes and half the value of the stock market.Older and middle-age workers would lose jobs and nest eggs. Younger wo
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