Why Bidenism Failed
Despite lofty ambitions, four years of professional-managerial approaches to governing moved the Democrats even further away from their New Deal roots.
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Bye Bye Bidenism
“You and [Franklin] Roosevelt begin from two different starting points. But is there not a relation in ideas, a kinship of ideas, be-tween Moscow and Washington? In Washington I was struck by the same thing I see going on here; they are building offices, they are creating a number of state regula-tion bodies, they are organising a long-needed Civil Service. Their need, like yours, is directive ability.”
“‘If you bought the cheapest kind of bread before inflation, there is no escape. You start at rock bottom on the price and quality ladder.’”
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