<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello, <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Tonight at 7pm American History Professor Gary Gerstle will speak on topics related to his new book. Here's what he says about it:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<p style="text-align:left"><span>My new book, <em>T</em></span><i>he Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era</i><span>,
has just been published by Oxford University Press. It tracks the
history of neoliberal ideology and policy from neoliberalism’s ascent
under Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton through its fragmentation and
decline in the tumultuous decade following the Great Recession, when
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders came to dominate American politics. </span></p>
</div></blockquote><div>Join us on Zoom at 7pm at the following link: <a href="http://bit.ly/CairnsAndBeacons">bit.ly/CairnsAndBeacons</a>.</div><div><br></div><div> This presentation is a part of the <a href="http://www.masoncounty.lib.mi.us/home/cairnsandbeacons/">Cairns & Beacons lecture and discussion series</a>. This is the 4th of eight presentations. Upcoming presentations will be on The Supreme Court, The Republican Party, and The Democratic Party. <br></div><div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thomas Trahey</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mason County District Library</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Head of Circulation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">231-843-8465</span></div></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>