Third Wave Capitalism: How Money, Power, and the Pursuit of Self-Interest Have Imperiled the American Dream
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ISBN-13: | 9781501702310 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 04/05/2016 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Third Wave Capitalism 2. The Health of Nations 3. Getting Schooled 4. Race and Poverty: The Betrayal of the American Dream 5. The Crisis of the Liberal and Creative Professions 6. Anxiety and Rage: The Age of Discontent EpilogueWhat People are Saying About This
Third Wave Capitalism is a brilliant take on what ails our society and our politics. John Ehrenreich looks beneath and also beyond the conventional explanations of the forces undercutting democracy. By allowing us to understand better, he also allows us to hope.
By highlighting the huge role of the nonprofit sector, and especially the 'Eds and Meds' that have become the hope of our devastated industrial cities, John Ehrenreich gives us an entirely distinctive perspective on contemporary American capitalism. No analysis of neoliberal America can be complete without Ehrenreich’s contribution.
Questioning both conservative and progressive narratives, John Ehrenreich offers us a fascinating 'long look' at America. Behind us is the industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century and the corporate capitalism of the twentieth. An accumulation of signs of stress signal our arrival, he argues, at Third Wave Capitalism—characterized by the dominance of large global corporations, a growing blur between the private and public sectors, and a ‘me-directed’ narcissistic personality. Sobering, startling, important—a big-think book.
Our nation is confused because the current economy does not behave by the rules of older stages of capitalism. John Ehrenreich tells us this is a new age. In his description of the changes he has written a very valuable book that is that rare thing, useful.
What ails America? In John Ehrenreich's wide-ranging analysis, growing inequality and political discontent are part of a larger shift toward a new kind of capitalism unconstrained by forces that previously kept it in check, including government, unions, and—here’s a twist—the prosperity of the professional classes. Ehrenreich’s vision of the country’s direction is bleak, but his faith in democratic principles invites hope that the country can restore some semblance of a humane balance.
John Ehrenreich crisply and meticulously shows that our retrograde politics, grotesque inequalities, and bad national moods are all of a piece; that oligopoly, the systematic gouging away of public services, the blurring of public-private boundaries, and the dampening of public life are elements in the same awful story of power abuse and bad ideas. This is an immensely clarifying book.
In Third Wave Capitalism, John Ehrenreich links themes of poverty, inequality, racial disparities, out-of-control health care costs, and assaults on public education—and explains them in terms of the broad changes in American capitalism over the last half century. A brilliant and subtle analysis!
This book is a wonderfully written account of the hyper-individualistic, market-oriented era in which we live, labeled 'Third Wave Capitalism' by the author. By weaving historical narrative, with powerful statistics and personal anecdote, John Ehrenreich describes the growth and impact of the 'medical-industrial complex' on our failing health care delivery system. Collective action challenging corporate control of health care, including single-payer health insurance reform, is the only adequate response.