The Conscience of a Liberal

The Conscience of a Liberal is a clear, provocative New York Times bestseller that examines the past eighty years of American history—from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age and the 1920s to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. This book seeks to understand both what happened to middle-class America and what it will take to achieve a "new New Deal." The Conscience of a Liberal is a stimulating manifesto offering a compelling historical defense of liberalism and a clarion call for Americans to retake control of their economic destiny.