THE TRAP: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America - Tapa blanda

Brook, Daniel

 
9780805088014: THE TRAP: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America
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ISBN 10: 0805088016 ISBN 13: 9780805088014
Editorial: Griffin, 2008

Sinopsis

"Takes dead aim at the conservative economic consensus that has dominated U.S. politics . . . Biting and necessary."--The American Prospect

In this witty and revealing polemic, journalist Daniel Brook's The Trap argues that the exploding income gap--a product of the conservative ascendance--is systematically dismantling the American dream, as debt-laden, well-educated young people are torn between their passions and the pressure to earn six-figure incomes.

Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to enjoy what were once considered middle-class comforts. Thousands are afflicted with a wrenching choice: take up residence on America's financial and social margins or sell out. From the activist who works to give others a living wage but isn't paid one himself, to the universal health-care advocate who becomes a management consultant for Big Pharma, Brook presents a damning indictment of the economic and political landscape that traps young Americans.

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Acerca del autor

Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper's, Dissent, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe, among other publications. Brook was a finalist in the 2003 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists and won the 2000 Rolling Stone College Journalist Competition while a student at Yale. He is the author of The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America. He lives in Philadelphia.

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Editorial
Griffin
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0805088016
ISBN 13 
9780805088014
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
286
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9780805080650: The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America

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ISBN 10:  0805080651 ISBN 13:  9780805080650
Editorial: Owl Books, 2007
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