Positive Populism: Revolutionary Ideas to Rebuild Economic Security, Family, and Community in America

The elites never really understood Brexit or Trump, and they still don't. In Positive Populism, Fox News host and former government insider Steve Hilton argues that the failure to understand the populist revolt is rooted in a failure to take seriously the genuine grievances behind it: decades of policies that systematically favored big government, big business, and the powerful at the expense of working people, families, and communities. Hilton draws on his own journey, from immigrant roots to the inner circles of power in the British government, to describe both the scale of what is broken and the scale of change that would be needed to fix it. His agenda is constructive and detailed: a sustained assault on the administrative state to make "drain the swamp" mean something real; a completely fresh approach to jobs, schools, and skills so that every working American can live on what they earn; practical steps to reverse the disaster of family breakdown; and ideas to give citizens genuine control over their own communities. What distinguishes this book from most populist commentary is its insistence on being for something. By articulating a coherent philosophy and practical blueprint, one that challenges the excess power of corporations and donors as much as it challenges big government, Hilton makes the case that populism can be a durable and genuinely transformative political force, not just a protest movement.