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

Frank, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925228886 ISBN 13 : 9781925228885

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?

It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course.

But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming.

With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank's Listen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favoured groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.

Revue de presse

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

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1925228886
• ISBN 13: 9781925228885
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320