Wright: Economic anxiety and fears about a changing culture are not separate issues for people. They've never been separate, probably, but they've definitely become fused together after forty years of these neo liberal ideas that we've laid out in this episode. Wright: Some democrats will say they think health care is a right, but they also go to great lengths to insure that health care stays as a commodity,. Right? Those two things don't match upit's like the same thing conversely can be said for public education. And even though you see democrats changing the language of rights, now they actually talk about equal opportunity and access for all. So i really believe this,
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.