Thomas Frank · 2016
A political critique of how the Democratic Party abandoned the working class for professional elites.
Michael Hobbes mentions that it hit a lot of the same themes and got a lot of attention because it was like a plausible explanation of Trump.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“He wrote a very popular book called Listen Liberal after 2016 that hit a lot of the same themes and got a lot of attention because it was like a plausible explanation of Trump, you know?”
Michael Hobbes, Host on If Books Could KillWhat's The Matter With Kansas?
Other books cited in the same episodes.
What's the Matter with Kansas?
Thomas Frank
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)
Democracy for Realists
Christopher H. Achen
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)
The American Voter
Angus Campbell
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)
The Emerging Democratic Majority
John B. Judis
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)
The Rational Public
Benjamin I. Page
Discussed together in: What's The Matter With Kansas? (If Books Could Kill)