This Week: The Conscience of a Liberal
Welcome to TPMCafe's Book Club table. This week we're hosting a discussion of Paul Krugman's new book, The Conscience of a Liberal.
In his book, Krugman argues that the modern ideology-driven Republican Party has, through advancing the interests of the wealthy over those of the rest of America, led to the return of gaping income inequality in the United States. This Book Club will focus on his argument for the centrality of race in understanding modern American politics.
Joining him in the discussion will be TPM founder Josh Marshall, popular blogger Digby, Tom Schaller, Bruce Bartlett and TPMCafe Mark Schmitt.
Previous Book Club discussions have covered the work of Thomas Frank, Anthony Shadid, Larry Diamond, George Packer, Ivo Daalder/James Lindsay, Robert Dreyfuss, Chris Mooney, Gene Sperling, Gershom Gorenberg, Peter Beinart, Kevin Phillips, Sidney Blumenthal, Reed Hundt, Anne-Marie Slaughter, John Ikenberry, Jonathan Cohn, Daniel Gross, Steven Cook, Chris Hayes, Josh Kurlantzick, Glenn Greenwald, Todd Gitlin, Jonathan Chait, Greg Anrig, Jr., Matt Bai, Katha Pollitt, and Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordhaus and Daniel Brook.
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