{"product_id":"the-blind-spot","title":"The Blind Spot","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn urgent and revealing examination of how the ultra-rich dominate democracies, hoard political power, and maintain inequality that \"grips like a political thriller, warns like an alarm, and astonishes on every page\" (Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eKing: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wealthy and powerful few have dominated the many throughout most of human history. This is now more starkly visible than ever--a time when the gulf between oligarchs and average citizens is larger than any gap that existed during infamous feudal and slave societies of antiquity. We are hurtling ever deeper into a state of inequality that oligarchs of past eras could only have dreamed of; but for the first time in history, this domination is being accomplished through democracy. We aren't in open revolt against the system--in fact, we seemingly keep voting to prop it up. Why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, political scientist Jeffrey Winters delivers a timely, \"provocative, accessible\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) account of how we reached this era of in-your-face oligarchy. Tracing the evolution of wealth power through the modern democratic era, he demonstrates how domination by oligarchs isn't a flaw in our democracy, but rather a foundational feature--one that allows the wealthy to limit the agenda, control the marketplace of ideas, and rewire the law to defend, hide, and increase their money and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A work of fearful urgency\" (Yanis Varoufakis, author of \u003ci\u003eTechnofeudalism\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Spot \u003c\/i\u003eultimately sounds a clarion call for change, arming us not only with a vital lens through which we can understand just how bad our political reality has become, but also with bold ideas for how we might shift the balance of power.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841098264781,"sku":"9781668221532","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_7b879c02-2cbc-4595-b62f-d7897809e4f7.jpg?v=1792002988","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-blind-spot","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}