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

Thomas Frank

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1925228886 ISBN 13: 9781925228885

Casa editrice: Scribe UK, 2016

Riassunto

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 America 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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Thomas Frank is the author of Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler. He lives outside Washington, D.C

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Scribe UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1925228886
• ISBN 13: 9781925228885
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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