The New Politics of Inequality - Softcover

Edsall, Thomas Byrne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393302504 ISBN 13: 9780393302509

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1985

Synopsis

“[Edsall] has written a cool analysis of trends in voting patterns, union power and the fortunes of the two major parties. . . . This first-class book [is] the best single explanation of Reagan’s success that I have encountered.” ―Robert Lekachman, Washington Post

In the past decade, power controlling the nation's taxing and spending policies has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of the affluent―and exercised for the benefit of the affluent. Traditional liberal beliefs in tax equity and income redistribution have been replaced by theories justifying tax reductions in income concentrated among the very rich. In this book, Thomas Edsall, a Capitol Hill reporter for the Washington Post, examines the new power centers in the Democratic and Republican parties, the corporate lobbying community, and organized labor, and explores the changes in United States politics that have led to the shift in economic policy under Reagan administration.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book attempts to describe a major shift in the balance of power on the United States over the past decade, and to describe the consequences of that shift in the formulation of economic policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0393302504
• ISBN 13: 9780393302509
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288