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THE POPULIST POWER OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKER

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Dec 01, 2017 at 09:20 AM CST
https://daily.jstor.org/the-populist-power-of-the-american-trucker/ How did truckers nudge the American economy toward deregulation? In the early 1980s, the United States shifted sharply from a country governed by New Deal ideals to one that was deeply suspicious of the federal government. Historian Shane Hamilton analyzes one icon of the change: the independent American trucker . According to Hamilton, the work of libertarian former truck driver Mike Parkhurst and his magazine, Overdrive, brought a populist sensibility to the United States.

Dec 01, 2017 at 09:20 AM CST