The After Method of New Deal - Episode Seven

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The fifties were also the peak decade for labor union membership in the us. The top marginal tax rates on the rich were higher than ever, up to 90%. And i know a lot of people probably have heard things about the coke brothers, but i bet most of us don't think about their origins going back quite that far,. Yes, we're going to connect those dots.

The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald Reagan and his like-minded counterpart across the Atlantic, Margaret Thatcher.

By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Nancy MacLean, Wendy Brown, and Rhon Manigault-Bryant.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.