Book : Tailspin The People And Forces Behind Americas...

-Titulo Original : Tailspin The People And Forces Behind Americas Fifty-year Fall--and Those Fighting To Reverse It

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Vintage

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In this revelatory narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us a stunningly cogent picture of the broken system at the heart of our society. He shows us how, over the last half century, America’s core values-meritocracy, innovation, due process, free speech, and even democracy itself-have somehow managed to power its decline into dysfunction. They have isolated our best and brightest, whose positions at the top have never been more secure or more remote. The result has been an erosion of responsibility and accountability, an epidemic of shortsightedness, an increasingly hollow economic and political center, and millions of Americans gripped by apathy and hopelessness. By examining the people and forces behind the rise of big-money lobbying, legal and financial engineering, the demise of private-sector unions, and a hamstrung bureaucracy, Brill answers the question on everyone’s mind: How did we end up this way? Finally, he introduces us to those working quietly and effectively to repair the damages. At once a diagnosis of our national ills, a history of their development, and a prescription for a brighter future, Tailspin is a work of riveting journalism-and a welcome antidote to political despair. Review *A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018*“Persuasive, bracing . . . an essential read if you want to understand the pressures that have brought a sclerotic Uncle Sam to his knees. -Alexander C. Kafka, Los Angeles Review of Books“Tailspin distinguishes itself within the America Gone Wrong genre. . . . All of the book’s chapters on the law crackle with energy. . . . In a downbeat era, Tailspin offers some modest ammunition for hope.” -Daniel W. Drezner, The New York Times Book ReviewSteven Brills Tailspin does precisely what the daily torrent of news does not: make sense. The book is nothing less than a unified (and persuasive) theory of everything-including politics, business, culture-and it even includes several glimmers of hope amid the pervasive darkness. -Jeffrey Toobin, author of American Heiress“A penetrating and personal examination of why the United States is in the midst of a nervous breakdown. But with his fantastically reported story, Brill also shows how-and who-might restore some common sense and equilibrium.” -Bob Woodward “An astonishingly shrewd and detailed account of our modern American reality . . . Tailspin offers something unique: a meticulous cross-disciplinary history.” -Mattea Kramer, The New York Journal of Books“A compelling story. . . . The fact that America’s best values and ideas, in Brill’s estimation, contributed to its tailspin should give us more than just momentary pause. -Paul Rosenberg, Salon“An absolute must-read: a brilliant chronicle of the failures of America’s elite.” -Steve Hilton, host of Fox News’ The Next Revolution“This is a book that pulses with dry intelligence and righteous anger.” -Philip Delves Broughton, The Weekly Standard “An eye-opening and engrossing treatise representative of all that is wrong with today’s political processes.” -Library Journal (starred review) “A dysfunctional system serving an unaccountable ruling class is wrecking America, according to this searing sociopolitical jeremiad. . . . [Brill] brings both detailed reporting and wide-ranging perspective to this insightful account of how America reached its current state.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Penetrating . . . in large part because of Brill’s skill in presenting abstruse legal and financial developments in an accessible manner. . . . [A] clarifying and invaluable overview.” -Booklist (starred review)“Steven Brill is a remarkable journalist who has always ventured away from the herd. In Tailspin, he has identified and analyzed brilliantly the surprising pressure points where our democracy has fractured and failed over the past half-century, leading to today’s overwhelming dysfunction and cultural polarization. In uncovering what happ