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    Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
    Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
    Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
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    Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

    Written by Noam Chomsky

    Narrated by Donald Corren

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    NOAM CHOMSKY is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic, income inequality: "During the Great Depression, things were much worse than they are today, but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. There was a real sense of hopefulness. There isn't today.. Inequality is really unprecedented. In terms of total inequality, it's like the worst periods in American history. But if you refine it more closely, the inequality comes from the extreme wealth in a tiny sector of the population, a fraction of 1 percent.. Not only is it extremely unjust in itself, inequality has highly negative consequences on the society as a whole because the very fact of inequality has a corrosive, harmful effect on democracy." -NOAM CHOMSKY, in Requiem for the American Dream Requiem for the American Dream is not an essay collection but an entire work of some 70,000 words based on four years of interviews with Chomsky by the editors. Chomsky considers these to be his final, long-form documentary interviews. It is a book that makes Chomsky's breadth and depth accessible, and at the same gives us his most powerful political ideas with unprecedented, breathtaking directness. It will go down as one of his greatest and most lasting contributions. Requiem for the American Dream is being produced in tandem with the film of the same name that was recently released in selected theaters to rave reviews and standing ovations and will be on Netflix and touring colleges prior to the book's release.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 28, 2017
    ISBN9781501946448
    Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
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    Noam Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928 and studied at the university of Pennsylvania. Known as one of the principal founders of transformational-generative grammar, he later emerged as a critic of American politics. He wrote and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues. He is now a Professor of Linguistics at MIT, and the author of over 150 books.

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    • 5/5
      Just read the book. It is something that everyone think about.
    • 5/5
      an insightful book. It revives the conscious of those who are blind to the defects of our so-called democracy.
    • 5/5
      Amazing! Really weaves together theory, history, and a poignant political analysis.
    • 5/5
      Noam Chomsky never dissapoints. This book is full of substance that is easy to reference with day to day events. A must.
    • 3/5
      I agreed with much of what Chomsky states. He has an obviously liberal (read: left) bias. But he manages to keep the inflammatory rhetoric down through most of the reading, with a couple of exceptions.

      At the 9 minute mark of Chapter 12, he calls Republicans (I'm paraphrasing here, as I write this review in the lobby of a dental office) the most destructive threat to humanity in the history of mankind.

      Pretty inflammatory.

      This has always been my criticism of Chomsky. He undercuts his reasonable viewpoints (At the 20 minute mark of the same chapter, he discusses how social media is a useful tool, but that true face to face communication is essential to make political movements possible. He even uses the Arab Spring in Egypt as an example. A very reasonable assertion, whether you agree with it or not. ) through hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric aimed at only one of two American political parties in power. This makes him lose credibility with me.
    • 5/5
      You know when you used to read Chomsky a few decades ago as a political and economic prophylactic against the powers that be? This book is what you get after the world becomes a place where not enough people paid people like Chomsky enough attention.

      It's not getting any better folks. The least you can do is come to grips with the bleak status quo that Chomsky provides the tools to reveal.
    • 5/5
      excelente!!!
      hace una reseña de como nos engañan, por medio de la publicidad, medios la alternativos, entre otras, la corrupción a toda costa, aprovechando que la gente esta muy desinformada.
    • 4/5
      You've been saying "organise" for decades and this hasn't worked for literally half a century. Maybe it's time to reevaluate strategies?
    • 5/5
      The "American Dream" is a central pillar of life in the United States. Work hard, and you can be rich and happy. This book gives a very different view.Over the past several decades, tax policy has been designed to benefit those at the top of the income triangle. Maybe a few percent of the benefit of a tax cut will actually reach those at the middle-income level, but the vast majority of the benefit will go to the top One-Tenth of One Percent. The public reason for tax cuts is that they supposedly increase investment and create jobs. A much better way to do that is to allocate that money to working-class people, who will use that money on clothes and groceries, not on a second (or third) home.Social Security is based on the principle of solidarity, which means caring for others. That automatically makes it a bad thing (in the eyes of the super-rich). A way to destroy it is to de-fund it. The system won't work, so people will get angry, and demand something else.For those who want a third party in America, voting for it every four years is not enough. You must be constantly be working at the local level, developing the system that goes from the city council to Congress. That is how the Tea Party got started.This is an excellent and eye-opening book. Based on a movie of the same name, this gives a very easy to understand look at how America Really Works. Whether you see the movie, or read this book, this is very highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      41/2 stars. A though provoking and somewhat disturbing look at the state of modern society in the USA, the roles of democracy and the financial system. Many of the ten principles apply to all western societies. The book offers a simple (you may find yourself wanting more discussion on the topics) overview of the 10 principles covered in a film of the same name. The book leaves you feeling a little powerless in the face of corporate greed. Poses many questions on the "where to now?" and "what can i do?" side of the equation.
    • 5/5
      Very timely. Very interesting. It's the companion book to the documentary by the same name. I liked that he went back 50 years to put what is happening today in our government and society in prospective and giving us the history of what has led up to today. He gives examples as well as excerpts of his source materials. This is written so it can be understood by everyone. I learned a lot. There is a lot to think about in these pages.