A Tide Of Populism And Xenophobia Is Sweeping The Western World. Disillusioned Voters Are Turning To Political Outsiders And Increasingly Rejecting The Liberal Economic Solutions Of Out-of-touch Elites. Despite Having Access To More Information Than At Any Time In Human History, We Are Turning Our Backs On Experts, Evidence, And Facts Themselves In A New Era Of Electronic Ignorance. Many Warn Darkly Of A Repeat Of The Chaos, Misery, And War Of The 1930s. How Did It All Go So Wrong? The Mess We're In Explains How A Perfect Storm Of Historical Developments Has Left Us Fearing That A Dark Age Is Fast Approaching. How The Triumphant Economic Philosophy Of Neoliberalism Has Failed Us And Provoked A Backlash That Is Sweeping It Aside. How The Internet Is Rewiring Our Economies, Our Media, Our Culture, And Even Our Own Brains. How Politics Has Become A Hollowed-out Industry Of Self-interest Rather Than A Public Service. And How, Together, They've Unleashed A Wave Of Anger And Fear That Has Engulfed The World. But Don't Panic, Says Bernard Keane: Things Are Also Better Than They Seem To Be. In This Fascinating, Entertaining, And Occasionally Maddening Book, He Points To How We Can Fix Things--and Also How Australia Can Lead The Way.