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There’s never been a better time to be alive. So why the globalization backlash?

Flags of different countries fly from posts on the Uyuni salt lake, which holds the world's largest reserve of lithium, located at 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above sea level in southwestern Bolivia, November 6, 2012.

Image: REUTERS/David Mercado

Christopher Kutarna
Fellow, Oxford Martin School
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