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Jefferson Cowie: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics

November 20, 2017

Good morning everyone, on today’s show, Jefferson Cowie, James G. Stahlman Professor of History at Vanderbilt University and author of The Great Exception The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics. We are live at 12:00 ET.

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