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Author:

Frank, Thomas, 1965-

Title:

Pity the billionaire : the hard-times swindle and the unlikely comeback of the Right / Thomas Frank.

Edition:

Fully updated and expanded edition, first Picador edition.

Publisher:

Picador/Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

230 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--2009-
Political culture--United States--History--21st century.
Conservatism--United States--History--21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Political aspects--United States.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Rich people--United States--History--History--21st century.
Free enterprise--United States--History--History--21st century.
Public opinion--United States--History--21st century.

Notes:

"A Metropolitan book." "First published in the United States by Metropolitan Books, a division of Henry Holt and Company"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1250020352
9781250020352

OCLC:

(OCoLC)773667491

LCCN:

2012037103

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)