Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a meritocracy has emerged to manage national affairs, a change that means opportunity, affluence, and power have migrated away from most of the population.
Arguing the following four points:
- Geography accounts for the accumulating influence of metropolitan regions, at the expense of smaller cities and rural communities of the heartland.
- Occupational groups, particularly lawyers, physicians, and financiers, have constructed professional cartels to secure rents at the expense of the prosperity of the public.
- Think tanks and universities have become the necessary pathways to attain leadership in public affairs.
- The internationalization of commerce has contributed to a parallel network of economic institutions and think tanks sharing ideas and personnel to lobby for po
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Retro-Revolution, Chapter 2: Meritocracy Ascendant, Chapter 3L The Populist Revolt, Chapter 4: The Repression of the Mediocracy, Chapter 5: The Deep State, Chapter 6: Hoax, Chapter 7: Knowledge, Stratified, Chapter 8: The Future of Democracy
