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Author Frank, Thomas, 1965-

Title The wrecking crew : how conservatives rule / Thomas Frank.

Imprint New York : Metropolitan Books, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  330.122 F851w 2008    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  324.23 Fra    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Follow this dime -- INSURGENTS: Golconda on the Potomac -- Their enemy, the State -- The world as war and conspiracy -- Marketers of discontent -- From paranoia to privatopia, by way of Pretoria -- SABOTEURS: "The best public servant is the worst one" -- Putting the train in reverse -- City of bought men -- The Bantustan that roared -- Win-win corruption -- Conclusion: Reaching for the pillars.
Summary Frank argues that conservatives have taken pains to enshrine the free market as the permanent creed of state, selling off the government, deregulating some industries, defunding others, but always turning public policy into a private-sector bidding war.
Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Conservatives -- United States.
Politics, Practical -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
ISBN 0805079882
9780805079883

 
    
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