With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, New York
Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank exposes how, in the last few
decades, the American Left has made an unprecedented shift away from its
working-class roots. Financial inequality is one of the biggest
political issues of our time: from the Wall Street bail-outs - where
bankers still received huge bonuses while thousands of people lost their
homes - to the rise of 'the One Percent', who between them control 40
per cent of US wealth. So where are the Democrats - the notional party
of the people - in all this? In his scathing examination of how the
Democratic Party has failed to combat financial inequality, despite
being given near perfect conditions for success, Thomas Frank argues
that the Left in America has abandoned its roots to pursue a new class
of supporter: elite professionals.
Under this 'meritocratic'
system, the educated middle class prosper, but ordinary workers continue
to suffer. Unless the Democrats remember their historic purpose and win
back the working class, Frank warns, the rift between America's rich
and poor will deepen further still, with dire consequences for both
sides.
Listen, Liberal: what ever happened to the party of the people? - Thomas Frank
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