Kevin Phillips
- : Kevin Phillips is a political commentator and the author of "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century" and "Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism" among other works. He served as a strategist to Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign, after which he authored "The Emerging Republican Majority."
The Crisis of American Finance
"Bad Money" refers to (a) the shaky U.S. dollar, (b) the persuasion of Americans to use their homes as ATM machines; (c) the predatory and speculative U.S. financial sector; (d) the waves of bubble-making and liquidity pumped out by...more »
Posted on April 15, 2008 5:27 PM
Jefferson, Jackson and Robert Rubin’s Hamilton Project
As progressive Democrats from California to New Hampshire hold their traditional Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners, they must pause for a groan at ex-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin’s April ploy for re-lionizing himself as the party’s top economic thinker. It’s a Washington-based bit...more »
Posted on May 17, 2006 7:35 AM
Following Up
A more relaxed Saturday gives me a chance for a further follow-up. For Ed Kilgore on my generalization about evangelicals: the national data support a broad brush portrait, but I agree thatwithin the South, especially, more nuance is needed. For...more »
Posted on March 25, 2006 8:40 AM
A Final Thought
I apologize for a tight schedule and internet-denied Thursday that has kept me from posting, but one last thought. I believe that Democrats and liberals in 2006 stand to have their greatest opportunity since 1992 (which was lost). You will...more »
Posted on March 24, 2006 8:12 AM
Excerpt: American Theocracy
This book’s title, American Theocracy, sums up a potent change in this country’s domestic and foreign policy making—religion’s new political prowess and its role in the projection of military power in the Middle Eastern Bible lands—that most people are just...more »
Posted on March 23, 2006 10:03 AM
Religion and Politics
Of the many strands in the fabric of GOP theocratic inclination, the sentiments of rank-and-file Republicans get too little attention. Their support for comjoining religion, politics and policy making is quite pronounced, as the data show the difference between their...more »
Posted on March 21, 2006 6:46 AM
Reaching Southern evangelicals
I appreciate the comments. Professor Blackton and Amy Sullivan have ideas as to how the Democrats might reach more Southern evangelicals. Perhaps, but the liberal faction among the Southern Baptists has not proved very successful at overthrowing the conservative leadership. It...more »
Posted on March 21, 2006 5:12 AM
Writing American Theocracy
My underlying thesis in American Theocracy is that these are the three major perils of the United States in the early 21st century. First, radical religion – this encompasses everything from the Pat Robertson-Jerry Falwell types to the attacks on...more »
Posted on March 20, 2006 10:20 AM
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I appreciate the comments about Bad Money by Tom Ferguson and Jeff Faux. They have both also worked these vineyards for many years. I agree with Tom that the Democrats have gotten so much money from the financial sector that they are unlikely to do much by way of tough regulation unless the next ten months are so disturbing in economics and finance that a crisis is so clear -- and blameable on the GOP -- that the Dems will be unable not to act. Jeff has watched the two party system put the U.S. political economy in hock as long as I have, and the Ponzi scheme rolls on. I sometimes entertain that there should be a sign on the DC line: "You are leaving Washington, D.C. Care to think about investing in Canada?" Kevin Phillips
Posted at April 20, 2008 1:26 PM in response to The Perils of Deregulation
