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Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich
by Kevin Phillips
from Broadway
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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important issues, terrible writing 
This book has been a slow read due to the author's disorganized writing and liberal use of big words for no apparent reason. It's typical of him to mention some phenomenon and then say, but we'll get back to that later. Or he'll say, we've already covered most of this in chapter 4 and table 2.1 but let me add... It's a total mess.
That said, the concepts are interesting, and I think Obama's popularity is a sign that most Americans are getting tired of footing the bill for the mistakes of the wealthy.... more info
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Interesting, hard to read with so much data, 
i read the first hundred pages and became bogged down. After a couple years I ran out of current reading and picked up where I'd left off. It's reading much faster now - and I'm about 3/4 done. I add this review only because I am recommending the book to another, and I was here, so ....
The book is full of facts and figures to the point it will overwhelm you, but it seems pretty well researched. I sense the author has told this same story many different ways in many different books .. but the basic... more info
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The true history of the lifestyles of the rich and infamous 
If you want a true, accurate, and honest account about how the rich keep getting (not just) rich, and powerful too, read this book.
Conservatives might simply dismiss this as another example of the dreaded "class warfare" they hammer about on Fox News. But this account of the rich and powerful doesn't come from a liberal. It comes from a CONSERVATIVE (and one who served both Reagan and Bush I).
His in depth analysis and his biting commentary about examining his own class of people make this a must... more info
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is there any democracy left for the rest of us?
The American experiment in democracy has degenerated into a plutocracy, in which wealth and power preempt democracy's ideals of equality and freedom [cf Kevin Phillips' Wealth & Democracy]. While Phillips gives a depressing history of the decline, and its corruption thru the centuries, Cadillac Desert focuses on perhaps the biggest corrupter of all - the sprawling water projects of the American West, in which water is diverted at huge cost to grow crops no one needs, all to support giant corporations... more info
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