| The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America Contributor(s): Brook, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805088016 ISBN-13: 9780805088014 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: In this provocative, witty, and revealing polemic, Brook argues that the exploding income gap 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.220 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brook, Daniel: - 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. |