Federalists 10: A Political Lesson in Class Rule

Jeffrey Toobin: Madison said it's wrong to think that political democracy necessarily leads to economic democracy. He says society is naturally given to division into all sorts of faction, which just means interest groups and social divisions. The working class in the United States is increasingly made up by people who cannot recognize themselves as members of the working class, he says.Toobin: It's hard for you to find a discussion of poverty in America that is actually framed in class terms.