Requiem for the American Dream The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

Noam Chomsky, Peter Hutchinson, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott, Donald Corren

eAudio - 2017

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"During the Great Depression, which I'm old enough to remember, it was bad—much worse subjectively than today. But there was a sense that we'll get out of this somehow, an expectation that things were going to get better ..."—from Requiem for the American DreamIn his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes, attack the solida...rity of the people, let special interests run the regulators, engineer election results, use fear and the power of the state to keep the rabble in line, manufacture consent, marginalize the population. In Requiem for the American Dream, Chomsky devotes...

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Published
Recorded Books, Inc.
Language
English
Main Authors
Noam Chomsky, Peter Hutchinson, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott, Donald Corren
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size112 GB
Parts4
ISBN9781501939297
Release Date3/28/2017
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size112 GB
ISBN9781501939297
Release Date3/28/2017