Lily Geismer on Bill Clinton’s Economic Policies

Lily Geismer is an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College, and the author of Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality.

In this episode, I got a chance to talk with her about the motives of the Democratic Leadership Council during the Bill Clinton administration, and her thesis that 80s and 90s-era Democrats rejected the interests of the working class.

 

Show Notes

"Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party" by Lily Geismer

"Twisting Bill Clinton’s economic record to blame him for inequality" by David Greenberg, The Washington Post