In 19 54, the company hired ronald regan the actor to host a weekly t v series that was sponsored by the company. Who was regan when he started at g e, and who was he by the time that he left? Yes, wile wiggins. The role of g e for regins is really interesting. Regan was, in the early fifties, kind of coming off of his time in hollywood. His most successful screen actor days were behind him. And it's there that he starts to describe the progressive tax as the brain child of karl mar.
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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