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

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Description for Listen, Liberal: or, what ever happened to the party of the people? Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFK; JPH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.

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? ... Read more

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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Product Details

Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781925228885
SKU
V9781925228885
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About Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank is the author of Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, What’s the Matter with Kansas?, and Listen, Liberal (Scribe, 2016). A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper’s, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler. He lives outside Washington, DC.

Reviews for Listen, Liberal: or, what ever happened to the party of the people?
‘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 ... Read more

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