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Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelts New Deal After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people the public likes what Biden is offering Yet American democracy is in dire peril as Republicans increasingly the national minority try to destroy democracy in order to cling to power It is the best of times and the worst of times In Going Big bestselling author and political journalist Robert Kuttner assesses the promise and peril of this critical juncture
Biden like FDR in his time faces multiple challenges Roosevelt had to make terrible compromises with racist legislators to win enactment of his program Biden to achieve the necessary governing coalition needs to achieve durable multiracial coalitions Roosevelt had to conquer fascism in Europe Biden must defeat it at home And after four decades of neoliberal policy disasters reflecting Wall Streets political influence Biden needs to go beyond what even FDR achieved to restore a democratic economy of broad possibility
From a writer with an unparalleled understanding of the history and politics that have made this moment possible this book is the essential guide to what is at stake for Joe Biden for America and for our democracy
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