Julius Krein, editor of the magazine 'American Affairs', believes that neither of the two main candidates is up to the task. Krein: Neoliberal economic paradigms have been gradually undermining the conditions on which they are based.

The slate is clear for a new political and economic consensus to form and this year's US presidential election is the obvious stage. But no one on the American political scene is explaining it beyond buzzwords about the threat or anti-globalization in general.