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Pity the billionaire : the hard-times swindle and the unlikely comeback of the right / Thomas Frank.

Summary:

Discusses how conservative Republicans have rebounded after the election of Barack Obama, outlining their strategy of total opposition to the liberal state while arguing that their policies further injure victims of the recession.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0805093699
  • ISBN: 9780805093698
  • Physical Description: x, 225 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
End times -- 1929 : the sequel -- Hold the note and change the key -- Nervous system -- Making a business of it -- A mask for privilege -- Mimesis -- Say, don't you remember -- He whom a dream hath possessed knoweth no more of doubting -- The silence of the technocrats.
Subject:
Conservatism > United States > History > 21st century.
Free enterprise > United States > Public opinion > History > 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Political aspects > United States.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Social aspects > United States.
Political culture > United States > History > 21st century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 21st century.
Rich people > United States > Public opinion > History > 21st century.
United States > Economic conditions > 2009-
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.

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  • 6 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 973.932 FRA (Text) 37810435086250 Adult Nonfiction Available -