Reflections on the Evolution of a Research Program

n this brief reflection I mostly set aside the empirical claims of the book, gratified that the commentators broadly agree that (with important exceptions) they have held up well. Instead, I want to focus on three core ideas from "Dismantling" that I believe retain importance for understanding the political economies of advanced democracies. In each case, however, my thinking has evolved over the two decades since that book appeared, in large part because of the work of other scholars.