{"product_id":"the-rich-dont-always-win-paperback-by-sam-pizzigati","title":"The Rich Don't Always Win Paperback by Sam Pizzigati","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSeven Stories Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-11-27)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e384\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781609804343\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e527.31\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.83 x 15.37 x 2.11\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eThe Occupy Wall Street protests have captured America's political imagination. Polls show that two-thirds of the nation now believe that America's enormous wealth ought to be \"distributed more evenly.\" However, almost as many Americans--well over half--feel the protests will ultimately have \"little impact\" on inequality in America. What explains this disconnect? Most Americans have resigned themselves to believing that the rich simply always get their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcept they don't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA century ago, the United States hosted a super-rich even more domineering than ours today. Yet fifty years later, that super-rich had almost entirely disappeared. Their majestic mansions and estates had become museums and college campuses, and America had become a vibrant, mass middle class nation, the first and finest the world had ever seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmericans today ought to be taking no small inspiration from this stunning change. After all, if our forbears successfully beat back grand fortune, why can't we? But this transformation is inspiring virtually no one. Why? Because the story behind it has remained almost totally unknown, until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lively popular history will speak directly to the political hopelessness so many Americans feel. By tracing how average Americans took down plutocracy over the first half of the 20th Century--and how plutocracy came back-- \u003ci\u003eThe Rich Don't Always Win \u003c\/i\u003ewill outfit Occupy Wall Street America with a deeper understanding of what we need to do to get the United States back on track to the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA veteran labor journalist, \u003cb\u003eSAM PIZZIGATI\u003c\/b\u003e has written widely on economic inequality for both popular and scholarly readers. His op-eds and articles on the subject of wealth have appeared in a host of major American dailies, from the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, and in a variety of magazines and journals. His 2004 book, \u003ci\u003eGreed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, won a coveted \"outstanding title\" rating from the American Library Association. Pizzigati ran the publishing operations of America's largest union, the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, for twenty years and now serves as an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. His monthly newsletter on excess and inequality, \u003ci\u003eToo Much\u003c\/i\u003e, is considered a must-read for economic justice activists and anyone else interested in the politics of excess. Pizzigati lives in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556111437985,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781609804343","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781609804343.jpg?v=1781805513","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-rich-dont-always-win-paperback-by-sam-pizzigati","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}