Invisible Hands

In the mid-1930s, a group of influential American businessmen banded together to combat the rise of socialism and the expanding welfare state, laying the groundwork for modern conservative politics. Through funding think tanks and organizing against labor unions, these larger-than-life figures, including General Electric's Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and DuPont's Jasper Crane, significantly shaped American history. In her award-winning research, Kim Phillips-Fein meticulously narrates this compelling story of a calculated ideological revolution that ultimately facilitated the success of conservative ideas in America.