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Can democracy survive global capitalism?
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- Book Synopsis
- In the years surrounding the Second World War, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity-between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Yet, from the 1970s on, a power shift occurred in which financial regulations were rolled back, taxes were cut, inequality worsened and disheartened voters turned to far-right, faux populism.Robert Kuttner lays out the events that led to the post-war miracle and charts its dissolution all the way to Trump, Brexit and the tenuous state of the EU. He asks whether today's poisonous alliance of reckless finance and ultra-nationalism is inevitable, and whether democracy can find a way to survive.
- About The Author
- Robert Kuttner, cofounder and coeditor of the American Prospect, is a former columnist for BusinessWeek, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. He holds the Ida and Meyer Kirstein Chair at Brandeis University, and lives in Boston.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780393356892
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton and Company, (17 May 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 302 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 211 x 140 x 25 mm
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