The politics of world war two transformed the attitude in the business community towards keensan economics and new deal liberalism. But at the same time, that capitalist optimism was also the product of major victories scored against labor. With all these other forces that play, like the white suprema conservative southern democrats who wielded such enormous power in congress coming right outworld were two, there is tremendous uncertainty about what the post war economic order will look like. And i think there are many questions.
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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