Lawrence B. Glickman

Lawrence B. Glickman is Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. His latest book is Free Enterprise: An American History.

Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme

Today’s attacks are just the latest form of backlash to the New Deal.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

In Praise of One-Size-Fits-All

Critiques of vaccine mandates continue a neoliberal tradition of idolizing private choice at the expense of the public good.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?

If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

How Democrats Gave Up on Big Government

Embracing Reaganite talking points well before Reagan, liberals themselves turned away from the New Deal vision.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

The Racist Politics of the English Language

How we went from “racist” to “racially tinged.”

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

Don’t Let Them Eat Cake

The Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling continues a terrible trend of valuing businesses more than employees and customers.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

Forgotten Men

The Long Road from FDR to Trump

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

Business as Usual: The Long History of Corporate Personhood

Contrary to most narratives, corporations have always been one of the most powerful forces in American political life.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman

The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare

The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.

  • Lawrence B. Glickman
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