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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Author Thomas Frank has 4.5 out of 5 stars with 1,814 ratings. From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics, here's a book that asks:- What's the matter with Democrats?
But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party.
Drawing on years of research and firsthand 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.
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| Justice now! For big killer cats |
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 16 of the last 24 years, yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated.
Wall Street gets bailed out, wages keep falling, and the free trade deals keep coming.
With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank 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 favored 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. More (Audiobook)
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