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The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-Al
by Brook, Daniel | HC | Good
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- ISBN
- 9780805080650
- Book Title
- Trap : Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America
- Item Length
- 8.8in
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Careers / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Economics / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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What is lost when the best and the brightest are corralled into corporate America, in the debut of a searing, rousing social critic In this provocative, witty, and revealing polemic, Daniel Brook 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. And it's not just impoverished teachers and social workers, struggling to pay their rent, who are hurt. 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. When the best and the brightest cannot afford to serve the public good, Brook asks, what are we selling out: an individual's career, or the very promise of American democracy?
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Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805080651
ISBN-13
9780805080650
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57201269
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trap : Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Careers / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Economics / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
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Hf5382.5.U5b735 2007
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"Daniel Brook has written a searing indictment of an unequal America in which anxiety rules and even idealists sell their souls to the highest bidder. This book is funny, smart, and compulsively readable, but most of all it is terrifying." --David Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture and The Moral Center " The Trap shows how the decimation of the middle class is making the most meaningful kind of work unsustainable. When jobs that are altruistic and creative are a sure ticket to penury, the whole society loses. This is an incisive, important, consciousness-raising book that should inspire professionals to understand their financial insecurity as the system's failure, not their own--and to demand change." --Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism "Daniel Brook makes a truly powerful case against the hyperindividualism rotting away at the foundations of our society. He shows, with data and also with one story after another, what a tough time it is to be coming up in America. If you know someone (maybe yourself) who feels trapped in a job that doesn't really reflect their hopes and dreams, then this book will help explain how it happened, and how, together, we might be able to change it."--Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future "Daniel Brook's The Trap will transform the way we think and talk about America's most pressing economic and social problem, growing income inequality. It's a terrific book."--Robert H. Frank, author of The Economic Naturalist and The Winner Take All Society "We let inequality call itself 'freedom,' when freedom is precisely what inequality is costing us. Daniel Brook's The Trap is a powerful corrective to this enormous mistake."--Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision, "Daniel Brook has written a searing indictment of an unequal America in which anxiety rules and even idealists sell their souls to the highest bidder. This book is funny, smart, and compulsively readable, but most of all it is terrifying." -David Callahan, author of The Cheating CultureandThe Moral Center "The Trapshows how the decimation of the middle class is making the most meaningful kind of work unsustainable. When jobs that are altruistic and creative are a sure ticket to penury, the whole society loses. This is an incisive, important, consciousness-raising book that should inspire professionals to understand their financial insecurity as the system's failure, not their own--and to demand change." -Michelle Goldberg, author ofKingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, "Daniel Brook has written a searing indictment of an unequal America in which anxiety rules and even idealists sell their souls to the highest bidder. This book is funny, smart, and compulsively readable, but most of all it is terrifying." --David Callahan,author of The Cheating Culture and The Moral Center " The Trap shows how the decimation of the middle class is making the most meaningful kind of work unsustainable. When jobs that are altruistic and creative are a sure ticket to penury, the whole society loses. This is an incisive, important, consciousness-raising book that should inspire professionals to understand their financial insecurity as the system's failure, not their own--and to demand change." --Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism "Daniel Brook makes a truly powerful case against the hyperindividualism rotting away at the foundations of our society.He shows, with data and also with one story after another, what a tough time it is to be coming up inAmerica. If you know someone (maybe yourself) who feels trapped in a job that doesn't really reflect their hopes and dreams, then this book will help explain how it happened, and how, together, we might be able to change it."--Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future "Daniel Brook's The Trap will transform the way we think and talk about America's most pressing economic and social problem, growing income inequality. It's a terrific book."--RobertH. Frank, author of The Economic Naturalist and The Winner Take All Society "We let inequality call itself'freedom,' when freedom is precisely what inequality is costing us. Daniel Brook's The Trap is a powerful corrective to this enormous mistake."--Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision, "Daniel Brook has written a searing indictment of an unequal America in which anxiety rules and even idealists sell their souls to the highest bidder. This book is funny, smart, and compulsively readable, but most of all it is terrifying." --David Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture and The Moral Center " The Trap shows how the decimation of the middle class is making the most meaningful kind of work unsustainable. When jobs that are altruistic and creative are a sure ticket to penury, the whole society loses. This is an incisive, important, consciousness-raising book that should inspire professionals to understand their financial insecurity as the system's failure, not their own--and to demand change." --Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism "Daniel Brook makes a truly powerful case against the hyperindividualism rotting away at the foundations of our society. He shows, with data and also with one story after another, what a tough time it is to be coming up in America. If you know someone (maybe yourself) who feels trapped in a job that doesn't really reflect their hopes and dreams, then this book will help explain how it happened, and how, together, we might be able to change it."--Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future "Daniel Brook's The Trap will transform the way we think and talk about America's most pressing economic and social problem, growing income inequality. It's a terrific book."--Robert H. Frank, author of The Economic Naturalist and The Winner Take All Society "We let inequality call itself 'freedom,' when freedom is precisely what inequality is costing us. Daniel Brook's The Trap is a powerful corrective to this enormous mistake."--Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision
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