{"product_id":"the-republic-strikes-back-volume-iv-von-jeff-myhre","title":"The Republic Strikes Back, Volume IV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most important development during this time was the election of Barack Obama as president. . For those who watched it occur, three things stand out. First, America took a big step forward in burying its racist past ¿ but hardly the final one. Second, America rejected the unilateral militarism of the neo-conservatives, returning the US to its post-World War II preference for multi-lateralism. Third, the Republican Party was moving rapidly towards being a party of rural America and the white working class, a largely Southern party.  Meanwhile, the global economy experienced a partial meltdown. The collapse of business confidence, the loss of jobs and wealth, and the rise of economic pessimism throughout the developed world challenged the very foundations of the post-World War II economic system. That the Great Recession was not Great Depression 2.0 represents a triumph for the arts of economics and politics. However, it did not feel like a triumph at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783847387282\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSelect Essays from the Kensington Review, July - December 2008\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783847387282","offer_id":39485520773213,"sku":"9783847387282","price":49.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/c074c92b-47b1-49f1-b801-836be6c20bf3.jpg?v=1776228949","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-republic-strikes-back-volume-iv-von-jeff-myhre","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}