Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank is the author of numerous best-selling books and the founder of The Baffler magazine. He is also a Ph.D. in history (Chicago, 1994). After years on the lecture circuit, Thomas is an accomplished public speaker on many subjects.
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From the prophetic author of the now-classic Whatโs the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal, an eye-opening account of populism, the most importantโand misunderstoodโmovement of our time.
Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No Thomas Frank pulls of...Read More
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From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and Whatโs the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel timesโperfect for this political moment....Read More
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A SCATHING LOOK AT THE STANDARD-BEARERS OF LIBERAL POLITICSโA BOOK THAT ASKS: WHATโS THE MATTER WITH DEMOCRATS?
Hailed as โthe most prescient bookโ of the year, Listen, Liberal accurately described what ailed the Democratic Party even before the election of 2016 made their weaknesses obvious. It is the story of how the โP...Read More
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, this witty and highly provocative book asks a simple question: How is it possible that the disastrous collapse of the free market economy in 2008 could have heralded a popular revivalโof the right?...Read More |
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With a New Afterword by the Author
The New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests" -(Molly Ivins)
Hailed as "dazzlingly insightful and wonderfully sardonic" (Chicago Tribune),...Read More
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“Populism Belongs to the Left: An Interview with Thomas Frank”
“The power of populism: Can populism strengthen a democracy?”
“What Do Dems Do Now? Thomas Frank on How the Left Can Counter a Rogue Supreme Court”
“Thomas Frank on Populism, Cool Brands, and the Problem With the Democratic Party”
“Ding-dong, the jerk is gone. But read this before you sing the Hallelujah Chorus”
“The Pessimistic Style in American Politics”
Read a review ofย The People, Noย from Splice Today.
“What’s behind Joe Biden’s mystique?”
Check out all of Thomas Frank’s articles in The Guardian.
Find out more about Thomas Frank on his website.
Praise for The People, No
โBrilliantly written, eye-opening . . . Frank is the ideal public intellectual to grapple with the duality of populism. . . . Readers come away knowing that at its heart, populism means just one thing: This land was made for you and me.โ
โ The Washington PostโFrank describes an indigenous radical tradition that descends from Jefferson and Paine and stretches forward to Franklin Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. . . . Compelling.โ
โ The New York Times Book ReviewโRousing . . . central to the challenge of our times . . . A call to arms against the plutocratic elites of both Americaโs main parties . . . Frankโs real strength lies in his energetic optimism.โ
โ Financial TimesโTom Frank does what few writers today are capable of doingโhe criticizes his own side.โ
โ Wall Street JournalโDeserves your attention . . . The People, No describes meticulously how over the last 120 years, reigning elitesโwhether conservative, liberal, or progressiveโhave regularly attacked populists with the same falsehoods . . . Welcome.โ
โ ForbesโFrank brilliantly places populism in the context of seminal historic events. . . . His provocative conclusions, about elites and the people, turn common assumptions upside downโall the better for making readers think.โ
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