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Requiem for the American Dream
- The Principles of Concentrated Wealth and Power
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
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 time 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. It will be on Netflix and touring colleges prior to the book's release.
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- Ramazon customer
- 24-11-18
Do you want to know what’s wrong with nowadays world and society - answers are in this book
So captive and compelling. Eyes opening book. Great reader. Highly recommended among top five books everyone should read
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- Neil Green
- 03-02-23
Wonderful book by a great writer
Chomsky understands
the problems of the world and how the people can improve it.
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- Irish reader
- 27-06-23
Very good
Very well read and a very interesting perspective. I would recommend it to anyone interested recent American politics or social change.
The narrator was very good, and I would listen to them again.
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- ROSALIND BUCK
- 03-04-21
too short!
A very clear description of what is wrong with the economic system in the US and its historical background
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- Foluso Moran
- 10-08-24
putting modern day society into what feels like accurate context.
An engaging listening experience that is equally as educational. It brings light to the need for an more contemporary approach to democracy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-04-24
an interesting read
Good insight and thought provoking. lots of interesting points and i would recommended listening to this book before any election?
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