The New Deal in Great Society

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New democrat's distinctive view of the market and role of government has been overlooked, says David Frum. A faith in markets as a vehicle for social change was not new to the new democrats, but a fundamental feature of liberalism through much of the twentieth century he writes. He argues that it grew out of democratic idiology rather than being just a republican inspired break from what had come before.

Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. This interview is on Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, which details the long history of Clintonism and the Democrats’ neoliberal turn. Read the latest newsletter. It's on what Ruthie meant when she said abolition was another word for communism: thedigradio.com/newsletter31 Listen to Geismer's first Dig interview: thedigradio.com/podcast/race-and-class-in-the-liberal-suburbs-with-lily-geismer Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig