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Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses

By Kurt Andersen

The Unmaking of America – A Recent History. Ebury Press, 2020.

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A brief summary of Evil Geniuses

Learn how a small group of wealthy libertarian radicals took control of the political narrative in the United States and transformed their country into one that worked for them first—and everyone else last.

Key insights in Evil Geniuses

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What do you get from this book? The untold story of how the super-rich devoured America
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The story of America is one of innovation, from the Industrial Revolution to the game-changing 1960s
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The New Deal reforms—which both sides had come to respect—were taken for granted by the 1970s
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The 1970s saw the love of the new make way for radical conservatism, built on a love of the past
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Iffy economics and shameless self-interest were the foundation of the new conservative movement born in the ‘70s
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The 1980 election of Ronald Reagan was a result of democrat complacency and weaponized nostalgia
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Reagan’s government made business the center of American life—and gave it the power to do almost anything it wanted
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The hard-right had won power, but to consolidate it they took control of the legal system
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Greed and recklessness were the new fashion in the 1980s, made iconic by Gordon Gekko
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Wall Street has become the power-center of American life, damaging business, the marginalized, and the middle-class
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Globalization and the digital revolution have already changed everything, and it’s only going to accelerate
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Evil Geniuses

Politics buffs • historians • economics students • tech enthusiasts • financial journalists • investors

About the author of Evil Geniuses

Kurt Andersen is an author, former editor of the New York Magazine, and former writer for TIME and The New York Times. He co-founded the satirical magazine Spy, while his previous books include Fantasyland and True Believers. He is a Harvard University graduate.

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