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X-WR-CALDESC:American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shif
 ts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers
 \, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract\, driv
 ing the political system to the verge of breakdown\, and setting citizens 
 adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding\, George Packer tells t
 he story of the past three decades by journeying through the lives of seve
 ral Americans\, including a son of tobacco farmers who becomes an evangeli
 st for a new economy in the rural South\, a factory worker in the Rust Bel
 t trying to survive the collapse of her city\, a Washington insider oscill
 ating between political idealism and the lure of organized money\, and a S
 ilicon Valley billionaire who arrives at a radical vision of the future. P
 acker interweaves these stories with sketches of public figures\, from New
 t Gingrich to Jay-Z\, and collages made from newspaper headlines\, adverti
 sing slogans\, and song lyrics
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DESCRIPTION:American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shift
 s during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers\
 , allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract\, drivi
 ng the political system to the verge of breakdown\, and setting citizens a
 drift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding\, George Packer tells th
 e story of the past three decades by journeying through the lives of sever
 al Americans\, including a son of tobacco farmers who becomes an evangelis
 t for a new economy in the rural South\, a factory worker in the Rust Belt
  trying to survive the collapse of her city\, a Washington insider oscilla
 ting between political idealism and the lure of organized money\, and a Si
 licon Valley billionaire who arrives at a radical vision of the future. Pa
 cker interweaves these stories with sketches of public figures\, from Newt
  Gingrich to Jay-Z\, and collages made from newspaper headlines\, advertis
 ing slogans\, and song lyrics
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T120000
LOCATION:Marcus Reading Area\, Second Floor of the Library
SUMMARY:American History Book Club: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the 
 New America
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