MARC Record from Marygrove College

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050 00 $aHF5382.5.U5$bB735 2007
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100 1 $aBrook, Daniel.
245 14 $aThe trap :$bselling out to stay afloat in winner-take-all America /$cDaniel Brook.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTimes Books,$c2007.
300 $ax, 274 pages ;$c22 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index.
520 $aIn this provocative, witty, and revealing polemic, journalist Daniel Brook argues that the exploding income gap--a product of the conservative ascendance--is systematically dismantling the American dream, as debt-laden, well-educated young people are torn between their passions and the pressure to earn six-figure incomes. Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to enjoy what were once considered middle-class comforts. Thousands are afflicted with a wrenching choice: take up residence on America's financial and social margins or sell out. And it's not just impoverished teachers and social workers, struggling to pay their rent, who are hurt. From the activist who works to give others a living wage but isn't paid one himself, to the universal health-care advocate who becomes a management consultant for Big Pharma, Brook presents a damning indictment of the economic and political landscape that traps young Americans.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the Pam Perd generation -- The rising sticker price on the American dream -- Home and hearth -- The road to microserfdom -- Selling the body politic -- Start up, slip down: self-employment without a net -- From Partisan Review to partisans revue: intellectuals in the post-academic age -- Save yourself: activism in the city of St. Francis -- What your company can do for you: politics as a vocation -- Hazard pay for the soul: the legal profession -- Releasing the trap -- Conclusion: Beyond "what should I do with my life?" to "what should we do with our country"?
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