LIBERALISM VERSUS POPULISM. In yesterday's New York Times, Michael Lind had a generous and thoughtful review of Freedom�s Power. He takes me to task, however, on one issue in particular: my treatment of the Populist movement of the late nineteenth century. He is entirely right that in discussing the formative influences on modern liberalism, I give the Populists little attention and regard the Progressives of the early twentieth century as more crucial.
Here is what I just wrote in an email in response to a reader who agrees with Lind�s review and thinks I should be more sympathetic to populism:
