I MENTIONED THIS COLUMN BY JOEL KOTKIN IN AN EARLIER POST, but this bit on immigration is worth noting:

If they wish to take power, the Democrats need to integrate Trump’s economic nationalism with an immigration policy designed not as a version of global affirmative action but something that makes the country more competitive. They should not, in their fury about Trump, go back to becoming pawns of the investment banks, tech oligarchs and others who get rich exporting jobs across the Pacific. Leaders in both parties need to recognize that the moment to press the advantage with China is now.

“Global affirmative action” is an apt descriptor.