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Rodale Books
February 2009
On Sale: February 17, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 1594868166
EAN: 9781594868160
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Non-Fiction
Perhaps no one is better equipped to analyze the current
state of our democracy than legendary reporter William
Greider. He has covered politics from the nation’s capital
for four decades—for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and
most recently The Nation—and has earned a reputation as one
of our most incisive, uncompromising truth-tellers and
social critics. In his bestseller Who Will Tell the People, Greider opened
the American public’s eyes to the hidden relationships that
link politicians with corporations and the wealthy, often
subverting the needs of ordinary citizens. Now, in his first book on our democracy in years, Greider
examines the impact of current American policy, revealing
how our obsession with remaining “Number One” in the world
has caused us to stray from the democratic values and ideals
upon which our country was founded. By examining the economic and political forces that have
brought us to where we are today—financial crisis, deepening
indebtedness to other nations, the loss of productive assets
and jobs, the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, and
more—Greider offers, in a powerful and conversational tone,
clarity on the consequences and long-term implications of
our national predicament. He then offers optimism that our
young country can put aside its adolescent impulses and grow
up so that we can “come home” to what is really important—a
return to our nation’s core values and the freedom to create
a better, more fulfilling society.
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