The New Democracy, the New Deal, the Democratic Version of Neo Liberalism

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New democrats didn't believe in the right wing libertarian ideal of a minimal state, so much as using the state to shape desirable outcomes through the market. They still believe in a place for gov men and this idea, but that government needs to be re invented. The other side of the re inventing government idea was the idea of making government itself more efficient.

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