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They only look dead

E. J. Dionne not only challenges the conventional wisdom that America is moving to the right but also offers a more promising way forward. Prophetic and inspiring, They Only Look Dead forecast the changes in American politics before they happened and instantly altered the debate.

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Dionne brilliantly pinpoints the four crises shaking American politics and how they affect people's jobs, living standards, family lives, and attitudes toward the future. In a new preface and afterword, Dionne shows how a progressive, reform-minded political movement is the answer to our prevailing discontent.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 377 pages

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