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Listen, Liberal: or, what ever happened to the party of the people?

Door Thomas Frank

Categorie
Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer
#354061-ZC18
Titel
Listen, Liberal: or, what ever happened to the party of the people?
Auteur
Frank, Thomas
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Melbourne/London : Scribe
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
1925228886
ISBN13
9781925228885
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, New York Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank exposes how, in the last few decades, the American Left has made an unprecedented shift away from its working-class roots.
Financial inequality is one of the biggest political issues of our time: from the Wall Street bail-outs — where bankers still received huge bonuses while thousands of people lost their homes — to the rise of 'the One Percent', who between them control 40 per cent of US wealth.
So where are the Democrats — the notional party of the people — in all this? In his scathing examination of how the Democratic Party has failed to combat financial inequality, despite being given near perfect conditions for success, Thomas Frank argues that the Left in Am... (Lees verder)erica has abandoned its roots to pursue a new class of supporter: elite professionals.
Under this 'meritocratic' system, the educated middle class prosper, but ordinary workers continue to suffer. Unless the Democrats remember their historic purpose and win back the working class, Frank warns, the rift between America's rich and poor will deepen further still, with dire consequences for both sides.
Pagina's
305
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 7,00

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