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The ‘center of gravity has shifted:’ How Lehman Brothers’ collapse helped fuel Democrats’ shift left 10 years later

Jacob Pramuk, Emma Newburger  |  September 10, 2018

“… In the years following the crisis, an exasperated political left turned its rage not only on the wealthy bankers and corporations at the center of the storm, but also the politicians who liberals felt did not do enough to punish those responsible. … After the economic mess, the Democratic Party undeniably moved left. That has made its officials more unabashed defenders of the government's role in protecting workers and consumers from economic catastrophe.”

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