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Precipice : neoliberalism, the pandemic and the urgent need for radical change

By: Chomsky, NoamContributor(s): Polychroniou, C.JPublication details: New Delhi Penguin 2021Description: 352pISBN: 9780241993934Subject(s): Neoliberalism | Social change | Neoliberalism United States | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 303.4 Summary: This books is a collection of interviews with the world's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise of Donald Trump to power to the end of his presidency. In it, Author sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies, the environment and the planet on the whole. He also captures the dynamics and contradictions operating today - from the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat dog society to the unprecedented mobilisation of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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Table of Contents:


1. Trump in the White House
2. Trump’s First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival
3. The Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
4. The US Health System Is an International Scandal
5. Trump’s America and the New World Order
6. Trump and the Flawed Nature of US Democracy
7. The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism
8. The Anatomy of Trumpocracy
9 .Fascism, Showmanship, and Democrats’ Hypocrisy in the Trump Era
10. Donald Trump and the “Me First” Doctrine
11. “A Complete Disaster”: Trump and the Future of US Politics
12. Imagining Our Way beyond Neoliberalism with Robert Pollin
13. Breaking through the Political Barriers to Free Education with Robert Pollin
14. Blueprint for a Progressive United States with Robert Pollin
15. Myths of Globalization with Ha-Joon Chang
16. If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key with Robert Pollin
17. Trump Is Consolidating Far-Right Power Globally
18. Trump’s Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man
19. To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change
20. Worship of Markets Is Threatening Human Civilization
21. Trump’s “Economic Boom” Is a Sham
22. Ocasio-Cortez and Other Newcomers Are Rousing the Multitudes
23. Moral Depravity Defines US Politics
24. Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold on to Power
25. Trump Is Quite Capable of an “October Surprise”
26. We Must Not Let Masters of Capital Define the Post-COVID World
27. Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump’s Priority Is Protecting Profits
28. COVID-19 Has Exposed the US under Trump as a “Failed State”
29. To Heal from COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World with Robert Pollin
30. Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
31. Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
32. US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It
33. Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump
34. Coup Attempt Hit Closer to Centers of Power Than Hitler’s 1923 Putsch
35. Trump Has Revealed the Extreme Fragility of American Democracy
36. Voting Is Not the End of Our Work. It’s Only the Beginning.

This books is a collection of interviews with the world's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise of Donald Trump to power to the end of his presidency. In it, Author sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies, the environment and the planet on the whole. He also captures the dynamics and contradictions operating today - from the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat dog society to the unprecedented mobilisation of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.

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