About the Author

Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades. A former White House strategist, he is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and NPR and writes for Harper s and Time. His books include New York Times bestsellers The Politics of Rich and Poor and Wealth and Democracy."

Reviews

"A harrowing picture of national danger that no American reader will welcome, but that none should ignore. . . . Frighteningly persuasive."
-Alan Brinkley, "The New York Times"
"An indispensable presentation of the case against things as they are."
-"Time"
"Sobering . . . positively alarming."
-"Los Angeles Times"

"A harrowing picture of national danger that no American reader will welcome, but that none should ignore. . . . Frighteningly persuasive."
-Alan Brinkley, "The New York Times"
"An indispensable presentation of the case against things as they are."
-"Time"
"Sobering . . . positively alarming."
-"Los Angeles Times"