Ritras: Bill clinton became interested in industrial policy when he was governor of arkansas. He and magazine were both road scholars, they stayed in touch during the clint like, the clinton years. Ritras: They become really interested in the ideas of what become globalization. And essentially their argument is that globilization is inevitable; we need to focus on liquid industry rather than manufacturing.
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.
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