Kevin Phillips. Wealth and democracy: a political history of the American rich. New York: Broadway Books, 2002

Abstract

Mr. Phillip’s book, Wealth and Democracy, stands as a continuation in many ways of his previous works considering the increasing divide between rich and poor. The collection of works that comprise Kevin Phillips’ impressive list of publications, mostly center upon the recurring theme of increasing inequality within American society, and what that widening divide is doing to us economically and politically. While the social implications of such a divide are many, these implications are less a focus of Wealth and Democracy, than are the economic and political ramifications.