The New Class War
Autor Michael Linden Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 ian 2020
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ISBN-10: 0593083695
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 146 x 219 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Penguin LLC US
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Amaverickthinkerwho'sdrawntheapplauseofboththepopulistleftandrightoffersasearingindictmentofthemanagerialelite.Mainstreampoliticiansandpunditsexplaintoday'spopulistunrestasasimpledividebetween"winners"and"losers."Theyrecognizethatglobalizationhascreatedmassiveinequalities,buttheseareinevitable,theysay--andthebestwecandoisthrowasoptothe"deplorables"tokeepthemfromrevolting.Butwhatifthekeyproblemisn'tthereactionofthe"deplorables,"butthattheoverclassthathasriggedthegameinitsownfavor?InTheNewClassWar,MichaelLindexposesglobalizationforwhatitreallyis:astrategyusedbythepowerfulmanagerialelite--includingthepeoplewhorunourgovernments,businesses,andthemedia--tounderminetheworkingclass.Thisbookconfrontsuswithhardtruths:Tradeandimmigrationreallyhavedamagedmanymembersoftheworkingclass.Globalizationisnotaninexorableforcethateveryoneshouldembraceandadaptto.Instead,sincetheendoftheColdWarglobalizationhasbeenastrategythatservestheselfishinterestsofthosewhohavetheeducationandotheradvantagestomakethemostofit.Nooneisbetterpositionedtomakethiscontroversialcase.ContributingtopublicationsrangingfromJacobinandNPRtoAmericanAffairsandNationalReview,Lindhastheearofinfluentialsourcesacrosspartylines.Thisisabookforanyoneenragedbythesmugselfishnessofourelitesandtheirattemptstodisguisethemselvesasdo-gooders.