TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lind, Michael
TI  - NEW CLASS WAR : Saving Democracy from the Metropolitan Elite
SN  - 9781786499554
U1  - 305.52 
PY  - 2020////01/01
CY  - New York
PB  - Atlantic Books
KW  - Elite -Social science
KW  - Social Conflict
KW  - Power
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Globalization--Political aspects
KW  - Corruption
N1  - In The New Class War, Michael Lind exposes globalization for what it really is: a strategy used by the people who run our governments, businesses, and the media -- to undermine the working class. Trade and immigration really have damaged many low-wage employees. Globalization is not an inexorable force that everyone should embrace. Instead, since the end of the Cold War it has been a strategy that serves the selfish interests of those who have the advantages to make the most of it.

This is a book for anyone enraged by the smug selfishness of our elites and their attempts to put themselves on the moral high ground. It is also a compelling explanation for Brexit and Trump that doesn't just argue that large swathes of the population are stupid. Lastly, it is a compelling argument for what needs to change if populism is to be rebuffed and western democracy; Contents
The new class war 
Hubs and heartlands 
World wars and New Deals 
The neoliberal revolution from above 
The populist counter-revolution from below 
The myth of Weimar 
The workerless paradise 
Countervailing power
ER  -