Reply #6: Saw Frank on CSPAN's Book TV this morning

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The Wrecking Crew sounds both riveting and really eye-opening. The guy did his homework. Should give us liberals the understanding we need to effectively prioritize our issues. We need to go after those things that will really begin to undo the damage. According to the amazon.com editorial reviews, even corporatist Time was bowled over.

You can get an idea of how well he synthesizes the individual assaults on the U.S. system into a coherent whole by reading his article in New Statesman, "The Plot Against Liberal America". <http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/08/liberal-state-government>

But I'm going to complicate the issue. There is one other book out there now that can stand up to those three you mentioned: The Squandering of America by Robert Kuttner. <http://www.amazon.com/Squandering-America-Politics-Undermines-Prosperity/dp/1400040809/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219732312&sr=1-2> This is the book Barbara Ehrenreich said was the only book she'd recommend to all Presidential candidates. It's been out since last November in hardcover, and is due for release in paperback shortly after the election.