Bombshell in the history of neoliberalism
I’m teaching a class this semester where we analyze the present educational crisis. Each week we look at a new theme. I assign a reading and do a quick video lecture (it’s an online class).
One week, the theme was bond referenda failure. I assigned Josh Mound’s incredible policy history from 2020 that absolutely exploded my understanding of the history of school finance and neoliberalism. I highly recommend you read the article.
If you thought that white bourgeoise tax revolts against property taxes in California led to Reagan’s rise, in the form of Prop 13 and the context of stagflation, think again! It actually happens in the 1960s when a diverse working class set of communities rejected school bond levies in Ohio, in the context of JFK’s supply-side abandonment of Rooseveltian political economy.
I was also surprisingly proud of the lecture I recorded for the week. So I thought this week I’d send you a public link for the lecture, which sets these insights into context.