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Meet Bill Clinton, who converted the Democratic Party into slightly less loathsome neoliberals. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Lily Geismer wrote an outstanding and comprehensive book, published in 2022, on Clinton and the legacy of neoliberal policies called Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality (publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/lily-geismer/left-behind/9781541757004/) .
• Lily Geismer, "How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable (thenation.com/article/politics/third-way-dlc-bill-clinton-tony-blair-1990s-politics/) ," The Nation, December 13, 2022.
• Alex Parnee, “The Disastrous Legacy of the New Democrats (newrepublic.com/article/166358/disastrous-legacy-new-democrats) ,” The New Republic, May 16, 2022.
• Michael Pierce, “How Bill Clinton Remade the Democratic Party by Abandoning Unions (lawcha.org/2016/11/23/bill-clinton-remade-democratic-party-abandoning-unions-working-class-whites/) ” The Labor and Working-Class History Association, November 23, 2016.
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Send us a text (buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/244372/open_sms)
Meet Bill Clinton, who converted the Democratic Party into slightly less loathsome neoliberals. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Lily Geismer wrote an outstanding and comprehensive book, published in 2022, on Clinton and the legacy of neoliberal policies called Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality (publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/lily-geismer/left-behind/9781541757004/) .
• Lily Geismer, "How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable (thenation.com/article/politics/third-way-dlc-bill-clinton-tony-blair-1990s-politics/) ," The Nation, December 13, 2022.
• Alex Parnee, “The Disastrous Legacy of the New Democrats (newrepublic.com/article/166358/disastrous-legacy-new-democrats) ,” The New Republic, May 16, 2022.
• Michael Pierce, “How Bill Clinton Remade the Democratic Party by Abandoning Unions (lawcha.org/2016/11/23/bill-clinton-remade-democratic-party-abandoning-unions-working-class-whites/) ” The Labor and Working-Class History Association, November 23, 2016.
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