The wrecking crew : how conservatives rule / Thomas Frank
- Author:
- Frank, Thomas, 1965-
- Published:
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2008.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- x, 369 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- 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(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780805079883
0805079882 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Worthington Scranton copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.
- Endowment Note:
- Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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