| Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan |
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Kimberly Phillips-Fein Starting in the mid-1930s, a handful of prominent American businessmen forged alliances with the aim of rescuing America--and their profit margins--from socialism and the "nanny state." Long before the "culture wars" usually associated with the rise of conservative politics, these driven individuals funded think tanks, fought labor unions, and formed organizations to market their views. These nearly unknown, larger-than-life, and sometimes eccentric personalities--such as GE's zealous, silver-tongued Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and the self-described "revolutionary" Jasper Crane of DuPont--make for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of American history. At this book launch, Steve Fraser (NYU Gallatin, author of Wall Street: America's Dream Palace) and Judith Stein (CUNY Graduate Center, author of Running Steel, Running America: Race and Economic Policy and the Decline of Liberalism) will comment on the current political situation, especially the future of the conservative movement.
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