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Should we stop worrying about politics?

The lesson of 2016 is that political shocks often have limited economic consequences. This implies that a period of political chaos or paralysis in Washington may not make much difference to the US economy. However, we suspect that success for eurosceptic parties in France or Italy would be a different story.

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