KRUGMAN VS BROOKS BROOKS IS THE POPULIST GRACCHI OF THE REVITALIZED AMERICAN URBAN NOT RURAL WORKING CLASS

His article makes what the author suggests sound perfectly feasible.

It certainly sounds reasonable, at first blush.

What are some issues with it?

Here's just one little one, for you all......

Cass criticizes the very LIEO, NYT, establishment that promoted pundits like Krugman and Brooks who got us here, since WWII.  They made globalization sound not only inevitable, but wonderful:

These woes are not the inevitable result of irresistible global and technological forces. They are the direct consequence of a decades-long economic consensus that prioritized increasing consumption—regardless of the costs to American workers, their families, and their communities.