Racism Killed the New Deal (and Gave Us Neoliberalism)

Understanding the racial roots of colorblind “free market” capitalism will help us transition to a better future for everyone.

Cara Letofsky
An Injustice!
Published in
31 min readSep 15, 2021

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Art by Mary Parsons

Introduction

The United States is clearly a capitalist country. But its version of capitalism — its political economy — has looked…

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Cara is a regional policy leader and the Director of The Fair Economy Project. Reach her at cara@thefaireconomyproject.org