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<p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>What's the Matter With Kansas</i>, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?</b><br><br>It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course.<br><br> But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming.<br><br> With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank's <i>Listen, Liberal</i> lays bare the essence of the Democra

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Author
Thomas Frank - undifferentiated, Thomas Frank
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781627795401
Category
history
Subjects
Political Science, Fiction, Science
Rating
4.14 / 5 (370 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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