Tag Archives: Rick Perlstein

The political/economy of evil

Posted on May 7, 2021 by camelotkidd

I have stated it before and will go on saying it–evil is easy, while good is incredibly difficult. Nowhere are these truths more obvious than in the way in which neoliberalism has hollowed out our republican method of governance. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Adolf Reed Jr., Murray Rothbard, neoliberalism, New Deal, Nixonland, political/economy, Rick Perlstein | Leave a comment

Discontents

Posted on October 2, 2020 by camelotkidd

Rick Perlstein’s new book Reaganland chronicles the cultural discontents roiling America during the tumultuous administration of Jimmy Carter (1977 to 1981) that led to the election of Ronald Reagan and the end of the New Deal consensus. Perlstein describes the … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoconservatives, neoliberalism | Tagged Make America Great Again, New Right, Reaganland, Rick Perlstein, Ronald Reagan | Leave a comment

Collaborators

Posted on February 2, 2016 by camelotkidd

The Great Depression so discredited capitalism that it created space for the New Deal reforms implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Many of these policies, influenced by economist John Maynard Keynes, involved massive government intervention in the economic affairs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Clinton, Civil Right Act, Corey Robin, FDR, George Wallace, Hillary Clinton, John Maynard Keynes, Michael Kalecki, neo-liberal, New Deal, Politcal Aspects of Full Employment, Powell memo, President Obama, Public-Private Partnerships, Richard Nixon, Rick Perlstein, southern strategy, triangulation, Voting Rights Act, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Wedgie

Posted on July 30, 2015 by camelotkidd

To accomplish their economic agenda conservatives have historically used race, crime, abortion, and gay marriage as divisive wedge issues. It’s the same today. Indeed, government at every level is under attack by the forces of organized wealth and their political enablers who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, conservatives, divide and rule, FDR, gay marriage, John Maynard Keynes, Mark Ames, Michael Kalecki, New Deal, New Right, Nixonland, Politcal Aspects of Full Employment, race, Rick Perlstein, secular humanism, spite, wedge politics | Leave a comment

Hearts and Minds

Posted on May 16, 2015 by camelotkidd

At a party the other day a male relative repeated a familiar sentiment–“Government is the problem. We don’t need any government except the military.” Everyone around him kind of nodded and the party continued. Meanwhile, I wanted to bang my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged business propaganda, Civil Right Act, conservatives, Corey Robin, libertarians, neoliberalism, President Obama, President Reagan, Reactionary Mind, Rick Perlstein, Senator Elizabeth Warren, supply-side economics, TPP, trickle down | Leave a comment

Back to the Future

Posted on February 7, 2015 by camelotkidd

Ideologies that serve elite interests never really go away, they just reconstitute in new guises. In A Brief History of Neoliberalism, author David Harvey argues provocatively that neoliberalism is a continuation of early capitalism, whereby modern corporations are busy re-privitizing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Brief History of Neoliberalism, A Peoples History of the United States, David Harvey, forth factor of production, Howard Zinn, Michael Perelman, Mike Lofgren, Nixonland, rent seeking, Rick Perlstein, Simon Patten, The Invention of Capitalism, The Party's Over | Leave a comment

Dr. Sunstein, we have a problem

Posted on August 23, 2014 by camelotkidd

What does it take to be a good American? Should we follow our elites and trust that they know best, or should we question and criticize official explanations? I’m reading historian Rick Perlstein’s latest–“The Invisible Bridge,” where he examines this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Before the Storm, Cass Sunstein, Civil Right Act, divide and rule, Glenn Greenwald, Invisible Bridge, Lee Atwater, Nixonland, Rick Perlstein, southern strategy | Leave a comment

Looting

Posted on January 18, 2012 by camelotkidd

Now that the Republican candidates for president have accused front runner Mitt Romney of practicing “vulture capitalism,” I thought I would share a story. I had a conversation with a client a couple years ago about what he did for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bain Capital, George Romney, Mitt Romney, Rick Perlstein | Leave a comment