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The Age of Inequality: Corporate America's War on Working People
Full title: | The Age of Inequality: Corporate America's War on Working People |
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ISBN: | 9781786631145 |
ISBN 10: | 1786631148 |
Authors: | Gantz, Jeremy |
Publisher: | Verso |
Num. pages: | 272 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
In These Times Magazine Has Charted A Staggering Rise In Inequality And The Fall Of The American Middle Class. Here, In A Selection From Four Decades Of Articles By Investigative Reporters And Progressive Thinkers, Is The Story Of Our Age. It Is A Tale Of Shockingly Successful Corporate Takeovers Stretching From Reagan To Trump, But Also Of Brave Attempts To Turn The Tide, From The Seattle Global Justice Protests To Occupy To The Fight For 15. Featuring Contributions From Michelle Chen, Noam Chomsky, Tom Geoghegan, Juan Ganzález, David Moberg, Salim Muwakkil, Ralph Nader, Frances Fox Piven, Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, Slavoj Žižek, And Many Others.--the Publishers. Editor's Introduction / By Jeremy Gantz -- Trading Away The Working Class -- The Rich Change The Rules -- Busted : The Decline Of Unions -- Blowing Bubbles : The Rise Of Finance -- Public Goods, Private Hands -- Welcome To The Precariat -- Solidarity Without Borders -- The Black Freedom Struggle, At The Ballot And Beyond -- Labor's Fate : New Solutions To Old Problems, Old Solutions To New Problems -- After The Crash : Searching For Alternatives. By In These Times ; Edited By Jeremy Gantz. Editor Information From Cover. Includes Index.