Pity the Billionaire The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right

Name: Pity the Billionaire The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
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ISBN: 9781250020352

ISBN-10: 1250020352

ISBN-13: 9781250020352

Edition: 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Thomas Frank

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"No one fools Thomas Frank, who is the sharpest, funniest, most intellectually voracious political commentator on the scene. In Pity the Billionaire he has written a brilliant exposé of the most breathtaking ruse in American political history: how the Right turned the biggest capitalist breakdown since 1929 into an opportunity for themselves.' - BarbaraEhrenreichFrom the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas this witty and highly provocative book asks a simple question: How is it possible that the disastrous collapse of the free market economy in 2008 could have heralded a popular revival - not of the left but of the right?In this brilliant, funny, and disturbing tour de…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Thomas Frank is an editor of The Baffler.



Introduction: Signs and Wonders



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


Conclusion: Trample the Weak


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index