Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. The Role of Rhetoric in the Formation of Policy 21
5. 3. Economic Insecurity and Its Rhetorical Consequences 47
6. 4. The Building of Conservatives’ Intellectual Capacity 73
7. 5. The Move to Economic Arguments by Conservative Intellectuals 95
8. 6. The Rhetorical Adaptations of the Republican Party 123
9. 7. Democrats and the Long Shadow of Deficit Politics 151
10. 8. The Republicans’ Electoral Edge on the Economy 178
11. 9 The Broad Reach and Future Prospects of Economic Rhetoric 203
12. Notes 219
13. Acknowledgments 253
14. Index 255