I about choked on my coffee when I read what Stirling Newberry had to say about Kevin Phillips.
But KP is neither truly a historian, nor an economist. Where his book falls short in filling in these themes - he could have used Wallerstein, Fischer, Sen, Clark, Sachs, Stiglitz - and to be honest Newberry (kudos to Fredrick Clarkson, who did get a reference) - on his bookshelf next to Setser, Volcker, Roach and other worthies that he did consult - it is understandable, because what he speaks with authority on he has no peer - the nature of long term demographic pressures and their effect on politics.
To be honest.
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