The Conscience of a Liberal
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- Synopsis
- From the Book Jacket: America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past thirty years American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's achievements-a movement whose founding manifesto was Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative. That movement has been highly successful in turning the clock back: both the inequality of today's America and the corruption of its political life hark back to the age of the robber barons. Now, the tide may be turning-and in The Conscience of a LiberalPaul Krugman, the world's most widely read economist and one of its most influential political commentators, charts the way to reform. Krugman ranges over a century of history, from the political economy of the Gilded Age- which seems all too familiar these days-to the calamities of the Bush years, which he argues were inevitable once movement conservatives gained full control of the U.S. government. He shows that neither the middle-class America the baby boomers grew up in nor the increasingly oligarchic nation we have become over the past generation evolved naturally: both were created, to a large extent, by government policies guided by organized political movements. He explains how defenders of inequality have exploited cultural and racial divisions to their advantage, while reformers have found ways to bridge those divisions. And he argues that the time is ripe for another great era of reform.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 296 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393060690
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Paul Krugman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Murray
- Proofread By:
- Bob Wiley
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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