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J. D. Vance and the "new conservative economic populism" Trump's vice president candidate J.D: Vance is part of a new economic school: The "new conservative economic populism". And they are often the opposite of what traditional Republican values were. They want to protect the low and middle class against big corporate, financial and chinese interests. So somehow Vance stays true to his "Hillbilly Elegy" roots. Astrid Doerner and I took a closer look at what this new school of thinking stands for. From changing bankrupcy law in favor of the employees to banning share buybacks. Some of their proposals are also very close to what Biden is already doing. And some of them make you wonder: why didn't the Democrats put in on their program? J. D. Vance und der „neue konservative Wirtschafts-Populismus“ Trumps Vizekandidat ist Vertreter einer neuen Bewegung innerhalb der Republikaner. Sie kombiniert konservative Wirtschaftspolitik mit populistischen Ansätzen. Ein Überblick über die zentralen Positionen.
