American breakdown : why we no longer trust our leaders and institutions and how we can rebuild confidence / Gerard Baker

Author: Baker, Gerard
Additional Titles: American breakdown and Why we no longer trust our leaders and institutions and how we can rebuild confidence
Published: New York : Twelve, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: xvii, 265 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction: What went wrong -- The great distrust -- A vote of no confidence -- Selling out : how corporate America forfeited trust -- Bad news -- Struggle sessions -- Subscribe, follow, like, distrust -- Trust me, I'm a doctor -- Mutual mistrust -- Conclusions: Rebuilding trust.

Summary

American breakdown dissects how, in the space of a generation, the pillars that sustained the once-dominant superpower have been dangerously eroded. From government to business, from media to medicine--the strength and security of the American experiment have been weakened by a widening gap between the elites who control these institutions and the public. At the root of this breakdown is a precipitous fall in Americans' trust in their political, business and cultural leaders. As Baker writes, "This pathology of distrust across American society is eating the country away from the inside." Millions of Americans say they have little faith in their country's future, and no longer seem to have trust in their leaders, in their important social and civil institutions, even in their common values and ideals, or ultimately in each other.

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9781538705704 (hardcover)
1538705702 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.

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