Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen

 

Evil Geniuses:  The unmaking of America, a recent history by Kurt Andersen is a look at how robber barons returned to the USA and how to move forward.

Started: 9/26/2020
Completed: 10/2/2020
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

Andersen is brilliant.  His ability to do thorough research and then bring the vast knowledge he acquires to bear on a single topic is truly impressive.  He views the issues through many lenses although his focus is how the USA has become afraid of the new.  The United States used to wrap its arms around newness and wring as much from it as possible.  The conservative (and more the libertarian) movement has quashed the desire to embrace the new and Andersen shows why and how this happened.  There is no doubt that we need to move away from socialism for the rich and brutal capitalism for the rest.  We need a way to share the wealth that all of the United States generates with all of the United States.