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Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality
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99/100Author:
Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson
Publisher:
Liveright
Date:
July 7, 2020
Political scientists from University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University explore how conservatives have masked their plutocratic economic priorities with right-wing populist appealsâand how the scheme threatens the pillars of American democracy.
What The Reviewers Say
... a portrait of the Trumpian moment that, in the book’s professorial way, is as terrifying as those Page 1 accounts of presidential ravings. They meticulously show how the president isn’t a singular presence, but a thoroughly representative one. Hacker and Pierson are two of the most reliable and reliably creative thinkers in their discipline.
The authors have a knack for synthesizing complicated academic studies and explaining them concisely for popular audiences. They make particularly good use of political scientist Daniel Ziblatt’s work on the historical role played by European conservative parties in nascent democracies.
... a standout among recent releases, timed for the 2020 presidential election cycle, that seek to help readers make sense of the often-confusing political climate.
Political scientists Hacker (Yale) and Pierson (Univ. of California, Berkeley) synthesize many scholarly studies and journalists’ reports to mount a compelling, though not groundbreaking, argument.
