Free trade and the gold standard had required downplaying domestic priorities such as social reform, nation-building, and cultural reassertion. Economic crisis and the failure of international cooperation undermined not only globalization, but also the elites that upheld the existing order.
Le libre-échange et l'étalon or avaient exigé une réduction de la valeur des priorités domestiques, telles que la réforme sociale, la construction de la nation et la réaffirmation culturelle.