A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism

by Judith Stein & Nelson Lichtenstein

A Fabulous Failure is a really interesting and very readable look at Bill Clinton’s economic policies. From high hopes that his presidency would augur a return to New Deal-style thinking, he ended up as a champion of neoliberalism. The authors write: “This book explains why and how Clinton’s expansive agenda ended in failure and why that failure haunts us all.”