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There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about the dislocations brought on by globalisation. Many of those frustrations are legitimate and they need to be addressed.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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