A Fabulous Failure: Managing American Capitalism during the Clinton Presidency

Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts · Jun 13, 2023 · 51m

Recorded June 12, 2023. An in-person lecture by Prof Nelson Lichtenstein (University of California, Santa Barbara) organised by the School of Histories and Humanities. Nelson Lichtenstein, the author of a forthcoming major revisionist history of the Bill Clinton presidency, will speak on the major themes of his book. When Bill Clinton became president, his campaign's catch phrase, "The Economy, Stupid" encapsulated a commitment to the rejuvenation and transformation of the U.S. economy. But his efforts to revive American liberalism failed because those industry sectors and political…