{"product_id":"left-behind-lily-geismer-9781541757004","title":"Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 40-year history of how Democrats chose political opportunity over addressing inequality--and how the poor have paid the price\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, the Republican Party has been known as the party of the rich: arguing for \"business-friendly\" policies like deregulation and tax cuts. But this incisive political history shows that the current inequality crisis was also enabled by a Democratic Party that catered to the affluent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is one of the great missed opportunities in political history: a moment when we had the chance to change the lives of future generations and were too short-sighted to take it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian Lily Geismer recounts how the Clinton-era Democratic Party sought to curb poverty through economic growth and individual responsibility rather than asking the rich to make any sacrifices. Fueled by an ethos of \"doing well by doing good,\" microfinance, charter schools, and privately funded housing developments grew trendy. Though politically expedient and sometimes profitable in the short term, these programs fundamentally weakened the safety net for the poor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis piercingly intelligent book shows how bygone policy decisions have left us with skyrocketing income inequality and poverty in America and widened fractures within the Democratic Party that persist to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily Geismer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541757009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541757004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Lily Geismer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055364305151,"sku":"9781541757004","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf3ffb4c-b7a5-4d2c-a055-e8c9e61abe69.jpg?v=1685035338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/left-behind-lily-geismer-9781541757004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}