02278cam a2200361 i 4500 475419839 TxAuBib 20210111120000.0 200804s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020017081 9781984801340 hardcover $30.00 1984801341 hardcover $30.00 (OCoLC)1182018175 TxAuBib rda Andersen, Kurt. Evil geniuses : the unmaking of America : a recent history / Kurt Andersen. First edition. New York : Random House, [2020] xxvii, 430 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-405) and index. "Americans have disabled the government's ability to solve even basic problems, making us vulnerable to the most dangerous demagogue ever to pretend to the White House. Kurt Andersen shows how the masterminds of the economic right rode an unprecedented wave of nostalgia by dressing up their harsh new rich-get-richer system in patriotic old-time drag, making it their mission to take over the government for their purposes alone and convincing the country that the mid-century consensus about the function of the American government was all wrong. Only a writer with Andersen's crackling energy, deep intelligence, and ability to see complex systems with clarity could make such a vital book both intellectually formidable and completely entertaining. In his diagnosis of what happened and what it means for us today, Andersen spares no one, committing to a pinpointing of his own boomer generation as accessories to the great dismantling of the American experiment"-- Provided by publisher. 20210111. Wealth Political aspects United States History. Big business United States History. Corporate power United States History. Democracy United States History. United States Economic conditions. United States Social condtions. United States Politics and government.