TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chomsky,Noam
AU  - Hutchinson,Peter
AU  - Nyks,Kelly
AU  - Scott,Jared P.
TI  - Requiem for the American dream: the 10 principles of concentration of wealth & power 
SN  - 9781609807368 (pbk.)
AV  - HC 79 C548r 2017
U1  - 339.2/20973 
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Seven Stories Press
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - United States
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Distribución del ingreso
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Poder (Ciencias sociales)
N1  - Based on the film Requiem for the American Dream; Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index; A note on the American dream -- Principle #1: Reduce democracy: Secret proceeding and debates of the Convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, and other sources -- Principle #2: Shape ideology: Powell memorandum, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., 1971, and other sources -- Principle #3: Redesign the economy: "An end to the focus on short term urged," Wall Street Journal, Justin Lahart, September 9, 2009, and other sources -- Principle #4: Shift the burden: Henry Ford on why he doubled the minimum wage he paid his employees, and other sources -- Principle #5: Attack solidarity: The theory of moral sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759, and other sources -- Principle #6: Run the regulators: Prosperity economics: Building an economy for all, Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil, 2012, and other sources -- Principle #7: Engineer elections: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court of the United States, January 21, 2010, and other sources -- Principle #8: Keep the rabble in line: "Ford men beat and rout Lewis union organizers; 80,000 out in steel strike; 16 hurt in battle," New York Times, May 26, 1937, and other sources -- Principle #9: Manufacture consent: Essays, moral, political, literary, David Hume, 1741, and other sources -- Principle #10: Marginalize the population: "Testing theories of American politics: Elites, interest groups, and average citizens," Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, 2014, and other sources
N2  - "Requiem for the American dream" is a work of some 70,000 words based on four years of interviews with Noam Chomsky on the subject of income equality. 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, directness
ER  -