The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today

Malanga describes an emerging new political dynamic: the contest between those who benefit from an ever-expanding public sector and those who pay for this bigger government-in other words, between tax consumers and taxpayers. He traces the rise of the tax consumers’ movement to two sources: the growth of public-sector employee unions and the War on Poverty. Politics isn’t about Right versus Left. It’s about interest group versus interest group-especially in cities. Steve Malanga understands that and exposes it. He guides us through America’s emerging new political reality.-Amity Shlaes.