PRAISE
CHUCK COLLINS/
BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES
“At the invitation of billionaire Donald Trump, the richest man in the world was invited to comb through America’s public purse, cutting such programs for those in need as Head Start and Meals on Wheels. In Burned by Billionaires, Chuck Collins asks, what’s wrong with this picture?
What are we telling ourselves that makes this seem right? What devastating consequences of it are we ignoring? Clear and punchy, Collins has written a strong spur to action.”
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—ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD, Author of Stolen Pride: Lose, Shame and the Rise of the Right
“Skillfully illustrates the ways that excessive concentrations of wealth supercharge racial divides and undermine our lives at every turn”
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—DARRICK HAMILTON, Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and Founding Director of The Institute of Race, Power, and Political Economy at the New School
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“Collins makes the case that wealth is power and shows how that power is distorting American democracy to the detriment of us all”
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—JEFFERY A. WINTERS, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and author of
The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate our Democracy
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“An electrifying call to action… Should be required reading for all our elected representatives”
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—BROOKE HARRINGTON, Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College and author of
Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism
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“Utterly readable, totally infuriating, and packed with insight”
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—ERICA PAYNE, Founder and President of Patriotic Millionaires and co-author of
Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer
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“An incisive must-read account of how we are all being hurt by those with excessive wealth, Burned by Billionaires also provides hard-won wisdom about what can be done to unrig the system before they wreck our world”
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—NANCY MACLEAN, Author of
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
“A riveting, shocking and must-read exposé, showing how 800 billionaires are torching our jobs, housing, health, democracy, and planet—and how to stop them”
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—CHARLES DERBER, Professor of sociology at Boston College and author of
Who Owns Democracy? and Bonfire
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“Billionaires are burning down the planet, our democracy, and your 401ks. In Burned by Billionaires, Chuck Collins shows us why you should take it personally and how to fight back”
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—ANDREW BOYD, Co-founder of Climate Clock and author