The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture - Brossura

Lindsey, Brink

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ISBN 10: 0060747676 ISBN 13: 9780060747671

Casa editrice: Harperbusiness, 2008

Riassunto

A reexamination of the past half century argues that a rise of affluence has directly caused a divide between liberal and conservative states, explaining how respective political parties were reorganized around economic interests after World War II and gave way to racial and gender politics as well as the recent conservative revolution. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Here is one of the freshest and most thought-provoking books on recent American history to appear in years.” (Adrian Wooldridge, co-author of The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America)

“Shows us how great an achievement our economy is-it reshaped our society and our culture, for better and worse.” (Michael Barone, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report and co-author, The Almanac of American Politics)

“In The Age of Abundance, Brink Lindsey provides an admirable-and much needed-model of rational, respectful, readable political argument.” (Virginia Postrel, Author, The Substance of Style)

“In an age of abundance, the libertarian moment may have arrived, trumping the old division between left and right.” (Douglas S. Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University and author of Return of the "L" Word: A Liberal Vision for the New Century)

“With breathtaking analysis, Lindsey...offers a dizzying look...over American economics, politics, and culture to examine the complexities of abundance.” (Booklist (starred review))

“An engaging argument that, probably better than any other, explains much of how we’ve arrived at our current past.” (Fred Siegel, The City Journal)

“A wise, revealing book combining the long sweep of history with a documentarian’s eye for detail.” (Chris Tucker, Dallas Morning News)

“Lindsey’s basic argument is fresh and provocative and his insights are frequently dazzling.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Lindsey’s measured cheerfulness is, like his scintillating book, reasonable.” (George F. Will, New York Times Book Review)

L'autore:

Brink Lindsey is vice president for research at the Cato Institute. He is the author of Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism, which the Wall Street Journal called "compelling" and "excellent" and the Economist declared was "full of elegantly argued good sense." His articles have appeared in numerous leading newspapers and opinion magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New Republic, and the National Review. He lives with his family near Washington, D.C.

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• Editore: Harperbusiness
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060747676
• ISBN 13: 9780060747671
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 394