
American Breakdown
Why We No Longer Trust Our Leaders and Institutions and How We Can Rebuild Confidence
Gerard Baker(Author)
Twelve (Publisher)
Published on 21. September 2023
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-5387-0570-4 (ISBN)
Description
AMERICAN BREAKDOWN dissects how, in the space of a generation, the pillars that sustained the once-dominant superpower have been dangerously eroded. From government to business, from media to medicine-the strength and security of the American experiment have been weakened by a widening gap between the elites who control these institutions and the public.
At the root of this breakdown is a precipitous fall in Americans' trust in their political, business and cultural leaders. As Baker writes, "This pathology of distrust across American society is eating the country away from the inside." Millions of Americans say they have little faith in their country's future, and no longer seem to have trust in their leaders, in their important social and civil institutions, even in their common values and ideals, or ultimately in each other.
America in fact hasn't failed. Americans have been failed-misled by inept and deceitful political leaders, deserted by predatory and cynical corporate chiefs, and, above all, betrayed by a cultural elite that has exploited the very freedom this country provided in order to destroy it.
AMERICAN BREAKDOWN is a deep analysis and thought-provoking account that explores the ways in which Americans have been let down and offers solutions for how we rebuild trust and reclaim purpose for a better future.
At the root of this breakdown is a precipitous fall in Americans' trust in their political, business and cultural leaders. As Baker writes, "This pathology of distrust across American society is eating the country away from the inside." Millions of Americans say they have little faith in their country's future, and no longer seem to have trust in their leaders, in their important social and civil institutions, even in their common values and ideals, or ultimately in each other.
America in fact hasn't failed. Americans have been failed-misled by inept and deceitful political leaders, deserted by predatory and cynical corporate chiefs, and, above all, betrayed by a cultural elite that has exploited the very freedom this country provided in order to destroy it.
AMERICAN BREAKDOWN is a deep analysis and thought-provoking account that explores the ways in which Americans have been let down and offers solutions for how we rebuild trust and reclaim purpose for a better future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Little, Brown & Company
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5387-0570-4 (9781538705704)
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Gerard Baker
American Breakdown
Why We No Longer Trust Our Leaders and Institutions and How We Can Rebuild Confidence
E-Book
09/2023
Grand Central Publishing
€12.99
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Person
Gerard Baker was Dow Jones Managing Editor and the Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief from March 2013 until June 2018. He hosts the WSJ at Large on Fox Business.