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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Over the past four decades, Frank argues, the Democrats have embraced a new favorite constituency: the professional class the doctors, lawyers, engineers, programmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, financiers and other so-called creatives whose fetish for academic credentials and technological innovation has infected the party of the working class ... For that class, Frank argues, income and wealth inequality is not a problem but an inevitable condition. --Washingon Post

An astute dissection of contemporary Democratic politics that demonstrates, cogently and at times acidly, how the party lost the allegiance of blue-collar Americans. --Publisher's Weekly

A tough and thought-provoking look at what s wrong with America ... Frank puts forth an impressive catalog of Democratic disappointments, more than enough to make liberals uncomfortable. --Booklist

L'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

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• Editore: Scribe UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1925228886
• ISBN 13: 9781925228885
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320