Title Tailspin : the people and forces behind America's fifty-year fall--and those fighting to reverse it / Steven Brill.

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Edition	First edition.
Physical Description	441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Contents	The protected and the unprotected -- Meritocracy becomes the new aristocracy -- Casino country -- The greening of the First Amendment -- Making markets efficient, and marginalizing those left behind -- "Lip service" for America's workers -- Dysfunctional democracy -- Moat nation -- Why nothing works -- Broken -- Protecting the most unprotected -- Storming the moats.
Summary	In this narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us a cogent picture of the broken system at the heart of our society. By examining the people and forces behind the rise of big-money lobbying, legal and financial engineering, the demise of private-sector unions, and a hamstrung bureaucracy, Brill answers the question on everyone's mind: How did we end up this way?
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-416) and index.
Subject	Social change -- United States.
	Political culture -- United States.
	Equality -- United States.
	Democracy -- United States.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-