Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – A Recent History By Kurt Andersen

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Without a doubt, and thanks largely to Roosevelt’s New Deal, America’s best era was the twenty years following the end of WW2, characterised by benign government, a vibrant economy and a generally kinder, cohesive, society; most jobs tended to be well paid and, British literature This is an important book. If the big picture ever eluded you, this book will make it clear. Chillingly it perfectly explains what is happening in Britain currently. Thanks to Kurt for the Herculean task of bringing together this history. British literature This book provides a powerful and detailed analysis of how the rich in the US have secured their interests and money at the expense of particularly an increasingly de unionised and atomised working class and an ever increasingly diminishing and struggling middle class. British literature

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHow an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain and left the rest of the world behind'Elegantly written full of insight' Justin Webb'Absorbing infuriating full of facts you didn't know saxophonely written' Anand Giridharadas'Kurt Andersen at his riveting best' Matthew D'Ancona Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how over the last half century America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self interest for the fewAs the social liberation of the 1960s finally ended in the chaos of Vietnam and Watergate a faction of rich industrialists business chiefs wide eyed libertarians and right wing economic radicals were waiting determined to claw back everything they saw as rightfully theirs Reaching back into the dangerous powers of nostalgia they emulated the unchecked robber barons of the past veiling their actions as a return to the good old days and winning over the people in the name of traditional American valuesIn this hugely entertaining and deeply researched cultural and economic exposé New York Times bestselling author Kurt Andersen maps the rich history of intricate networks unlikely connections and dark truths which are controlling a nation revealing how on earth America got to where it is now and what it might do to win its progressive future backNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
How an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain - and left the rest of the world behind.

'Elegantly written, full of insight' - Justin Webb
'Absorbing, infuriating, full-of-facts-you-didn't-know, saxophonely written' - Anand Giridharadas
'Kurt Andersen at his riveting best' - Matthew D'Ancona

Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self-interest for the few.

As the social liberation of the 1960s finally ended in the chaos of Vietnam and Watergate, a faction of rich industrialists, business chiefs, wide-eyed libertarians and right-wing economic radicals were waiting, determined to claw back everything they saw as rightfully theirs. Reaching back into the dangerous powers of nostalgia, they emulated the unchecked robber barons of the past - veiling their actions as a return to the good old days, and winning over the people in the name of traditional American values.

In this hugely entertaining and deeply researched cultural and economic exposé, New York Times bestselling author Kurt Andersen maps the rich history of intricate networks, unlikely connections and dark truths which are controlling a nation, revealing how on earth America got to where it is now - and what it might do to win its progressive future back.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
How an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain - and left the rest of the world behind.

'Elegantly written, full of insight' - Justin Webb
'Absorbing, infuriating, full-of-facts-you-didn't-know, saxophonely written' - Anand Giridharadas
'Kurt Andersen at his riveting best' - Matthew D'Ancona

Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self-interest for the few.

As the social liberation of the 1960s finally ended in the chaos of Vietnam and Watergate, a faction of rich industrialists, business chiefs, wide-eyed libertarians and right-wing economic radicals were waiting, determined to claw back everything they saw as rightfully theirs. Reaching back into the dangerous powers of nostalgia, they emulated the unchecked robber barons of the past - veiling their actions as a return to the good old days, and winning over the people in the name of traditional American values.

In this hugely entertaining and deeply researched cultural and economic exposé, New York Times bestselling author Kurt Andersen maps the rich history of intricate networks, unlikely connections and dark truths which are controlling a nation, revealing how on earth America got to where it is now - and what it might do to win its progressive future back. Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – A Recent History