Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream

While Hollywood has replaced politics with silly diversions about alien invasions, many Americans face a tangible fear: the seemingly inexorable grip of corporate power over their lives. Wages have been dropping for twenty years. Income inequality that grew under Reagan and Bush accelerated under Clinton. More and more people face an uncertain future as the "land of opportunity" becomes a cynical empty phrase for millions of Americans. A hard-hitting anthology that includes essays by Noam Chomsk…