Henry M. J. Tonks, Author at American Affairs Journal

Henry M. J. Tonks

Henry M. J. Tonks is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of American Democracy (CSAD) at Kenyon College.

Articles by Henry M. J. Tonks

How Bidenomics Went Bust: A Midwestern Case Study

Bidenomics, especially when viewed from the vantage point of central Ohio, stumbled in two ways that threatened its laudable goals. First, problems endogenous to the Biden White House’s key partner, Intel, frustrated political goals in a way that casts doubt on how policymakers structured their relationship with the private sector. Second, the deployment of federal funds proved sluggish in a way that worked to discredit the whole program…

The Rise and Fall of the New Liberals: How the Democrats Lost Their Majority

Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has transformed. From a party rooted since the New Deal era in both “developmental liberalism” and a version of social democratic class politics, it has grown into a broad but precarious canopy beneath which shelters a fractious mix of political interests and formations, from finance-friendly fiscal policy to redistributionism, and a fragile barbell-shaped electoral coalition. The 2024 U.S. elections underscored the difficulty that American liberalism faces in fashioning a durable political majority from these constituent parts…

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