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minus-squareNivekdlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoDoes anyone have any book/article recommendations if I’m unfamiliar with this topic, but may want to start down this rabbit hole?
minus-squareunfreeradical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year agoMore than emphasizing the figure of Reagan, I suggest learning about neoliberalism overall, and its emergence as the global order. Frankly, Reagan was just a simpleton in a suit, by my estimation. Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman are the more relevant figures historically.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m not familiar with books on Reagan but if you want a great book on how the right wing billionaires manipulate things with money I suggest Dark Money by Jane Meyer. It’s in the same vein and dark money is a highly interesting topic.
minus-squarebloddclaw@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoAnd left wing billionaries don’t manipulate, they are good guys?
minus-squareGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoStart with The Shock Doctrine from Naomi Klein
Does anyone have any book/article recommendations if I’m unfamiliar with this topic, but may want to start down this rabbit hole?
More than emphasizing the figure of Reagan, I suggest learning about neoliberalism overall, and its emergence as the global order.
Frankly, Reagan was just a simpleton in a suit, by my estimation.
Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman are the more relevant figures historically.
I’m not familiar with books on Reagan but if you want a great book on how the right wing billionaires manipulate things with money I suggest Dark Money by Jane Meyer. It’s in the same vein and dark money is a highly interesting topic.
And left wing billionaries don’t manipulate, they are good guys?
Start with The Shock Doctrine from Naomi Klein