Dominant Social Theme: These are parties to be watched and contained.

 

Free-Market Analysis: Ten years ago, when we wrote about the rise of the libertarian sociopolitical center, our message wasn't exactly popular but, as we can see today in this Economist article, we were relatively accurate.

 

 First came Ron Paul and the Tea Party in the US and now non-mainstream movements are spreading to Europe as well. We've written about this numerous times, so we welcome The Economist's comments.