The Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath
- ISBN-10
- 006097396X
- ISBN-13
- 9780060973964
- Category
- Income distribution
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Kevin Phillips
Description
Republican policies in the 1980s will produce a reversal of the public's political sympathies in the 1990s
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