Requiem for the American Dream: The Principles of Concentrated Wealth and Power
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XC7BGP8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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In terms of total inequality, it's like the worst periods in American history. There was a real sense of hopefulness. Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic: income inequality. There isn't today. But if you refine it more closely, the inequality comes from the extreme wealth in a tiny sector of the population, a fraction of 1 percent. Inequality is really unprecedented. Not only is it extremely unjust in itself, inequality has highly negative consequences on the society as a whole because the very fact of inequality has a corrosive, harmful effect on democracy."(Noam Chomsky, in Requiem for the American Dream) Requiem for the American Dream is not
Mal Warwick said Explaining "income inequality" (really the concentration of wealth) without mumbo-jumbo. For decades, economic scholars have commented on the dangers inherent in the growing concentration of wealth in Western society. Though misleadingly referred to as “income inequality” in the new media, this critically important topic actively entered public debate in "Explaining "income inequality" (really the concentration of wealth) without mumbo-jumbo" according to Mal Warwick. For decades, economic scholars have commented on the dangers inherent in the growing concentration of wealth in Western society. Though misleadingly referred to as “income inequality” in the new media, this critically important topic actively entered public debate in 2011 with Occupy Wall Street. Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman and others added to the debate in the years that followed. Then, Senator Bernie Sanders flogged the issue at every opportunity in his p. 011 with Occupy Wall Street. Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman and others added to the debate in the years that followed. Then, Senator Bernie Sanders flogged the issue at every opportunity in his p. recommended reading for the person who wants to start to discover our elected officials Just finished reading it a fairly short read and to the point. I would recommend any one to read this as a great civics lesson. Behind the real reasons they get elected! Hint it;s not the general population that get them there. It's big money and crooked deals!. Not Radical - Right On Clear summary of the fundamentals and history of the mechanisms enabling and sustaining concentration of power to the few with wealth.Included are excerpts of related writings supporting the topics from a variety of sources: Adam Smith, James Madison, Aristotle, Alan Greenspan, Citigroup document, Standard and Poors research, John Dewey, etc. The related material gives you a hint that what Chomsky is writing about is not far fetched but grounded in a rich history of ideas about how the world should work.