They must offer voters a realistic economic program that is market-friendly and open to international trade, while promising tangible benefits to the poorer 60-70% of the population who are understandably frustrated with their lack of economic progress. If a left party’s economic policy is perceived as a weak copy of the right’s agenda, the poorest segments of the population will gravitate to chauvinist forces and their false promises of protection from the consequences of globalization.
至于中左翼政党，任务更加艰巨。它们必须向选民勾勒现实的经济计划——对市场友好，对国际贸易持开放方针——同时承诺人口中60—70%的较贫困人群获得实在好处——不难理解，他们因为无法取得经济进步而感到不满。如果左翼政党的经济政策被认为只是右翼日程的减弱版抄袭，较贫困人群就会倒向沙文主义力量及其保护他们免受全球化后果的虚假承诺。