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Kevin Phillips

political analyst, Nixon staffer

Kevin Phillips is an American writer and commentator on politics, economics, and history. Formerly a Republican Party strategist, Phillips has become disaffected with his former party over the last two decades, and is now one of its harshest critics. [more]

Bad Money: The Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Kevin Phillips argues that "bad money has driven out good," in Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism. Subprime lending. The housing bubble. A falling dollar. Imploding credit. Just how bad is the American financial situation?

Kevin Phillips: American Theocracy: Radical Religion, Oil, and Debt

Kevin Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster.

Presidents at War

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

October 4, 2004

Former JFK advisor and historian Arthur Schlesinger, journalist Tom Wicker, and veteran political analyst and former Nixon staffer Kevin Phillips explore the varying legacies of our wartime presidents. David Gergen of the Kennedy School of Government, and a former Reagan staffer, moderates.

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Author: Kevin Phillips

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2009)

Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich

Author: Kevin Phillips

Publisher: Broadway (2003)

Binding: Paperback, 496 pages

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush

Author: Kevin Phillips

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2004)

Binding: Paperback, 397 pages

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