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Pity the Billionaire
The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
- Hardcover, 225 pages
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'Pity The Billionaire': The Right's Unlikely Comeback
January 6, 2012 "Before 2009," writes columnist Thomas Frank, "the man in the bread line did not ordinarily weep for the man lounging on his yacht." Frank looks at how the recession gave birth to a conservative populist revolt in his book Pity the Billionaire.
Economy
Healthcare: The Key To Economic Stimulus?
January 13, 2009 Macroeconomist Dean Baker sees opportunity in the current economic crisis. In a recent editorial for The Guardian, Baker recommended that President-elect Barack Obama boost the economy by spending on national health insurance.
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Thomas Frank's Indictment Of Conservatism
August 4, 2008 Why is it that government has expanded under an administration that claims to be against big government? Social critic Thomas Frank poses this question in his new book, The Wrecking Crew.
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A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.
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A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
