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9. 9 Percent : The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture by Matthew Stewart (2021, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101982114185

ISBN-139781982114183

eBay Product ID (ePID)28050093857

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Book Title9. 9 Percent : the New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBusiness Ethics, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Social History, United States / 21st Century

Publication Year2021

GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorMatthew Stewart

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight17.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-002076

ReviewsMatthew Stewart's new book is a captivating account of how America got into our current plight of extreme inequality and why that should concern all of us--especially those of us in the top 9.9 percent. It closes with some suggestions about what we might do about it, which alone should make the book must reading in the Biden White House.

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal305.520973

SynopsisA scorching, trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making life miserable for everyone--including themselves. In 21st century America, the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution have walked away with the big prizes even while the bottom 90% have lost ground. What's left of the American Dream has taken refuge in the 9.9% that lies just below the tip of extreme wealth. Collectively, the members of this group control more than half of the wealth in the country--and they are doing whatever it takes to hang on to their piece of the action in an increasingly unjust system. They log insane hours at the office and then turn their leisure time into an excuse for more career-building, even as they rely on an underpaid servant class to power their economic success and satisfy their personal needs. They have segregated themselves into zip codes designed to exclude as many people as possible. They have made fitness a national obsession even as swaths of the population lose healthcare and grow sicker. They have created an unprecedented demand for admission to elite schools and helped to fuel the dramatic cost of higher education. They channel their political energy into symbolic conflicts over identity in order to avoid acknowledging the economic roots of their privilege. And they have created an ethos of "merit" to justify their advantages. They are all around us. In fact, they are us--or what we are supposed to want to be. In The 9.9 Percent , Matthew Stewart argues that a new aristocracy is emerging in American society and it is repeating the mistakes of history. It is entrenching inequality, warping our culture, eroding democracy, and transforming an abundant economy into a source of misery. He calls for a regrounding of American culture and politics on a foundation closer to the original promise of America., A "brilliant" ( The Washington Post ), "clear-eyed and incisive" ( The New Republic ) analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making life miserable for everyone--including themselves. In 21st-century America, the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution have walked away with the big prizes even while the bottom 90% have lost ground. What's left of the American Dream has taken refuge in the 9.9% that lies just below the tip of extreme wealth. Collectively, the members of this group control more than half of the wealth in the country--and they are doing whatever it takes to hang on to their piece of the action in an increasingly unjust system. They log insane hours at the office and then turn their leisure time into an excuse for more career-building, even as they rely on an underpaid servant class to power their economic success and satisfy their personal needs. They have segregated themselves into zip codes designed to exclude as many people as possible. They have made fitness a national obsession even as swaths of the population lose healthcare and grow sicker. They have created an unprecedented demand for admission to elite schools and helped to fuel the dramatic cost of higher education. They channel their political energy into symbolic conflicts over identity in order to avoid acknowledging the economic roots of their privilege. And they have created an ethos of "merit" to justify their advantages. They are all around us. In fact, they are us--or what we are supposed to want to be. In this "captivating account" (Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone ), Matthew Stewart argues that a new aristocracy is emerging in American society and it is repeating the mistakes of history. It is entrenching inequality, warping our culture, eroding democracy, and transforming an abundant economy into a source of misery. He calls for a regrounding of American culture and politics on a foundation closer to the original promise of America., A scorching, trenchant, analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making life miserable for everyone--including themselves.

LC Classification NumberHT653.U6S74 2021