The late sixties and early seventies marked a major crisis for business legitimacy. Corporate america was blamed for pollution and for the war in vianam. There was a massive strike wave. A republican president, richard nixon, created both the e p a and ocea in 19 70. But then, there was, of course, a majorrisis for kensianism in the form of stagflation. How did business conservatives analyze their own timacy crisis, and then how did they resolve that crisis? By exploiting the crisis that hit liberalism and keensenism the early seventies.
Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein on Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan.
Listen to Kim's Dig interview on Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics thedigradio.com/podcast/fear-city-with-kim-phillips-fein/
Listen to past Dig eps for context on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
Tony Wood on Russia and Putin: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood
Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine: thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko
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