The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-take-all America - Rilegato

Brook, Daniel

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0805080651 ISBN 13: 9780805080650

Casa editrice: Times Books, 2007

Riassunto

What is lost when the best and the brightest are corralled into corporate America, in the debut of a searing, rousing social critic

 

In this provocative, witty, and revealing polemic, Daniel Brook argues that the exploding income gap—a product of the conservative ascendance—is systematically dismantling the American dream, as debt-laden, well-educated young people are torn between their passions and the pressure to earn six-figure incomes.

Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to enjoy what were once considered middle-class comforts. Thousands are afflicted with a wrenching choice: take up residence on America’s financial and social margins or sell out. And it’s not just impoverished teachers and social workers, struggling to pay their rent, who are hurt. From the activist who works to give others a living wage but isn’t paid one himself, to the universal health-care advocate who becomes a management consultant for Big Pharma, Brook presents a damning indictment of the economic and political landscape that traps young Americans.

 

When the best and the brightest cannot afford to serve the public good, Brook asks, what are we selling out: an individual’s career, or the very promise of American democracy?

Su questo libro

Informazioni sugli autori

Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper’s, Dissent, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe, among other
publications. Brook was a finalist in the 2003 Livingston Awards for Young
Journalists and won the 2000 Rolling Stone College Journalist Competition while a student at Yale. He lives in Philadelphia.

Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper's, Dissent, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe, among other
publications. Brook was a finalist in the 2003 Livingston Awards for Young
Journalists and won the 2000 Rolling Stone College Journalist Competition while a student at Yale. He lives in Philadelphia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Times Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0805080651
• ISBN 13: 9780805080650
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 274
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: GS1 Slovakia; https://www.gs1sk.org; ; Nantersk� 23; Žilina; 010 08; Repubblica Slovacca