Arrogant capital : Washington, Wall Street, and the frustration of American politics / Kevin Phillips.
1994
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Author
Title
Arrogant capital : Washington, Wall Street, and the frustration of American politics / Kevin Phillips.
Published
Boston : Little, Brown and Co., [1994]
Copyright
©1994
Call Number
JK2249 .P48 1994
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0316706183 :
Description
xviii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30071074
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
I
The End of Self-Renewal in Washington and in American Politics
1Washington and the Late-Twentieth-Century Failure of American Politics
3
2Imperial Washington: The Power and the Glory - And the Betrayal of the Grass Roots
21
II
The Critical Shortcomings of U.S. Politics, Parties, and Government
3The Crisis No One Can Discuss: U.S. Economic and Cultural Decline - And What It Means
55
4The Financialization of America: Electronic Speculation and Washington's Loss of Control over the "Real Economy"
77
5The Principal Weaknesses of American Politics and Government
111
6The Fading of Anglo-American Institutions and World Supremacy
137
III
The Revolutionary 1990s and the Restoration of Popular Rule in America
7The 1990s: Converging Revolutionary Traditions and Post-Cold War Jitters
163
8Renewing America for the Twenty-first Century: The Blueprint for a Political Revolution
181
Notes and Sources
215
Index
221