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Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein's latest book is The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan.

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How Can the Democrats Win?

Democrats must embrace an economic liberalism superjumbo, and they must stick with it even if they lose.

Rick Perlstein

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Response: Perlstein Response to Anxieties of Democracy

Ira Katznelson serves up a satisfyingly multi-course definition of representative democracy. It requires, among other things, “ample and equal opportunities for participation,” electoral competition, and institutions for the “formation of public opinion”—including...
Rick Perlstein

Response: Crisis of the Overeducated

Crisis of the Overeducated David Grusky says taxes are not enough to establish a more just and equitable society. I like the argument. Occupy Wall Street and its sympathizers, of whom I...
Rick Perlstein

Response: The educated unemployed are our rising social problem.

  David Grusky says taxes are not enough to establish a more just and equitable society. I like the argument. Occupy Wall Street and its sympathizers, of whom I am one, need...
Rick Perlstein

Response: Stories and Stats — Forum Response

Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Gelman and John Sides have composed a dog-that-didn’t-bark tale that is smart and entertaining and imparts a useful lesson: sometimes the most helpful way to explain...
Rick Perlstein

Response: Response to How Can Democrats Win

Adolph Reed and Dan Cantor wonder about the sanity of those who disagree with my general orientation. Bill Galston, Ruy Teixeira, and Elaine Kamarck find my views so outlandish they don’t know...
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