The Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath by Kevin Phillips
This book examines the impact of wealth on the American electorate in the aftermath of the Reagan presidency. Drawing on extensive research, author Kevin Phillips examines the political implications of the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the United States. He looks at the effects of Reaganomics on the economy,
Kevin Price Phillips was an American writer and commentator on politics, economics, and history. He emerged as a Republican Party strategist who helped devise its Southern Strategy in the 1960s. Phillips became disaffected with the party by the 1990s, subsequently leaving it to become an independent and staunch critic of the Republicans. He was a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Harper's Magazine, and National Public Radio, and was a political analyst on PBS's NOW with Bill Moyers.