What's the Matter with Kansas?
2004-12-11T20:45:22-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYzQ0XC8yMDA0MTIxMTIwNTAwNjAwMi5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Mr. Frank talked about his book What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, published by Metropolitan.
In his remarks he addressed thee widespread support, by both major political parties in the U.S., for free-market economic theories and reads a critical piece he wrote on the topic for the Baffler magazine. Mr. Frank argued that because Republicans run on social issues in order to influence working-class voters who generally oppose the party’s economic views, the Democratic Party needed to focus on progressive economic policies and find a way to relate the importance of those policies to voters. After his presentation he responded to questions from members of the audience.
In his remarks he addressed thee widespread support, by both major political parties in the U.S., for free-market economic theories and reads a critical piece he wrote on the topic for the Baffler magazine. Mr. Frank argued that because Republicans run on social issues in order to influence working-class voters who generally oppose the party’s economic views, the Democratic Party needed to focus on progressive economic policies and find a way to relate the importance of those policies to voters. After his presentation he responded to questions from members of the audience.
Mr. Frank talked about his book What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, published by Metropolitan. In … read more
Mr. Frank talked about his book What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, published by Metropolitan.
In his remarks he addressed thee widespread support, by both major political parties in the U.S., for free-market economic theories and reads a critical piece he wrote on the topic for the Baffler magazine. Mr. Frank argued that because Republicans run on social issues in order to influence working-class voters who generally oppose the party’s economic views, the Democratic Party needed to focus on progressive economic policies and find a way to relate the importance of those policies to voters. After his presentation he responded to questions from members of the audience. close
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