Out of Context Podcast QuotesMay 13, 2025
"But the kind of straw that really hits in 1973 to cause a recession is the oil crisis." - LILY GEISMER, Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?, Throughline #Throughline #CapitalismWhatMakesUsFree #LilyGeismer
Out of Context Podcast QuotesNov 28, 2023
"One of the things that the New Deal did was to really change the relationship of the ordinary Americans to the federal government." - LILY GEISMER, Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?, Throughline #Throughline #CapitalismWhatMakesUsFree #LilyGeismer
Show threadCory DoctorowMay 20, 2023

There's been a lot of ink spilled on the Trump transformation of the GOP, but Dems' transformation from a party representing labor to a party representing McKinsey consultants is less well understood.

A new book, *Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality,* by #LilyGeismer, tells that story:

https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/lily-geismer/left-behind/9781541757004/

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Left Behind

The 40-year history of how Democrats chose political opportunity over addressing inequality—and how the poor have paid the priceFor decades, the Republ...

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