Around 2005, I asked Kevin Phillips: Me: According to your book, America's political parties have flipped every ~70 years. It should have happened around the t

Around 2005, I asked Kevin Phillips: Me: According to your book, America's political parties have flipped every ~70 years. It should have happened around the time of Ross Perot, so I guess we're overdue. Do you think another realignment is emminent? Phillips: No. It won't happen while Wall St. and finance remains in control of our political discourse. -- It'll be amazing if Biden Admin is able to uncork the next cycle. But I'm not holding my breath. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich [2003] https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Democracy-Political-History-American/dp/0767905342 https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Democracy-Political-History-Am... Here's a more recent account: Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA [2015] https://www.amazon.com/Lobbying-America-Politics-Business-Society/dp/0691168016 https://www.amazon.com/Lobbying-America-Politics-Business-So... Edit: I changed "Last decade" to "Around 2005". Time flies. My bad.