Where America Went Wrong - And How to Regain Her Democratic Ideals

Pearson Education / FT Prentice Hall, 2004

Who believes that America is currently living up to its potential? Is the American government being responsive to its citizens? Are the American and world economies as strong as they could be? Are Americans as happy as they could be? Why has world opinion turned strongly against America? While the symptoms indicate there is something fundamentally wrong with America, the remedy is very specific - we have lost our democratic tradition. The question for America no longer comes down to Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives or free-market libertarians vs. anti-globalists, but rather to a simple formulation of the people vs. the elites. Some might argue that such delineation might initiate a class war. Wake up! The class war has already begun. ...