Kim Phillips-Fein
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Kim Phillips-Fein is an assistant professor at New York University's Gallatin School. She has written for The Nation, The Baffler, and many other publications. She lives in New York City.

She is the author of Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan, out now from W. W. Norton.

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'Invisible Hands': The Dangerous Power of Business

Posted January 22, 2010 | 13:11:45 (EST)

"Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade against the New Deal" is a book about the power of business in America. It's about the deep roots of the conservative movement in the history of the twentieth century, telling the story of how a small group of business leaders who were fiercely, passionately...

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Fighting the New Deal All Over Again

Posted February 13, 2009 | 15:16:00 (EST)

Ever since Time ran its cover of Barack Obama as FDR, pundits have been chattering about the idea of a "new New Deal." But as the idea of the New Deal comes back in style, so does opposition to the vision of activist government, everywhere from the pages of magazines...

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