Former Albanese economics adviser Alex Sanchez exudes a deep melancholy in delivering his message that the party he loves is headed in the wrong direction. The economist has been a Labor Party member for over 40 years – almost as long as Anthony Albanese himself. Perhaps the growing schism is, at its core, over whether social democracy belongs to the worker or the social worker. AdvertisementAlex Sanchez’s public pushback against the direction Labor is taking the country is couched in economic terms. Perhaps, also, what it’ll eventually do to the Labor Party.