The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America

Brook, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0805088016 / ISBN 13: 9780805088014

Published by Holt Paperbacks, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805088016
• ISBN 13: 9780805088014
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 10 ounces

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Synopsis

"Takes dead aim at the conservative economic consensus that has dominated U.S. politics . . . Biting and necessary."--The American Prospect

In this witty and revealing polemic, journalist Daniel Brook's The Trap 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. 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.

About the Author

Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper’s, Dissent, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe, among other publications. Brook was a finalist in the 2003 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists and won the 2000 Rolling Stone College Journalist Competition while a student at Yale. He is the author of The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America. He lives in Philadelphia.