{"title":"Mehrsa Baradaran","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the insightful works of Mehrsa Baradaran. As a distinguished author and scholar, Baradaran shines a spotlight on pressing social and economic issues, offering readers a compelling exploration of modern dynamics. Her works are well-suited for those interested in \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMehrsa Baradaran dives deep into topics surrounding wealth disparity and financial inequalities. With books such as \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Coup\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Racial Wealth Gap\u003c\/em\u003e, she skilfully examines the roots and ramifications of economic challenges facing society today. With clarity and rigor, Baradaran's insights bring historical context and contemporary relevance to complex discussions, making her books essential readings for anyone keen to understand the interconnectedness of race, economy, and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngage with Mehrsa Baradaran's thought-provoking analyses to gain a deeper understanding of the impact these issues have had and continue to have on shaping our world. Her work adopts a seamless blend of research and narrative, offering a balanced perspective that is both educational and engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-racial-wealth-gap-by-mehrsa-baradaran-9780393881820","title":"The Racial Wealth Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has the racial wealth gap between the median white households and median Black households remained stagnant over the past century, never narrowing below six to one? Leading expert on race and financial equality Mehrsa Baradaran attempts to answer this question in this sweeping yet accessible history. She shows how decades of the laws rooted in white supremacy-from slavery and the broken Reconstruction-era promise of \"40 acres and a mule,\" to the racist policies of the Jim Crow and New Deal eras-have restricted Black access to capital, credit, homeownership, and other mechanisms of wealth creation while subsidizing the rising economic fortunes of white families. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Racial Wealth Gap\u003c\/em\u003e, Baradaran outlines two tectonic forces that have driven apart the economic fortunes of white and Black families: wealth \u003cem\u003ecreation\u003c\/em\u003e for white Americans, who have been systematically receiving financial subsidies in the century and a half since emancipation, and wealth \u003cem\u003edestruction\u003c\/em\u003e for Black Americans-either by vigilante violence or by official means, such as allowing Black banks to collapse or building highways through segregated Black communities. These forces, combined with the racist notion that Black communities fail to rise because of their own moral, intellectual, or economic shortcomings, have kept Black families behind their white counterparts, despite decades of civil rights activism and national economic growth-a deep injustice that can only be achieved through reparations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn infuriating and compelling read, \u003cem\u003eThe Racial Wealth Gap\u003c\/em\u003e offers a devastating analysis of one of America's most pressing systemic issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031889920236,"sku":"9780393881820","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/06cd2760f83faf7b541f2d54844ae73a.jpg?v=1764154049"},{"product_id":"the-quiet-coup-by-mehrsa-baradaran-9781324124108","title":"The Quiet Coup","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the nation lurching from one crisis to the next, many Americans believe that something fundamental has gone wrong. Why aren't college graduates able to achieve financial security? Why is government completely inept in the face of natural disasters? And why do pundits tell us that the economy is strong even though the majority of Americans can barely make ends meet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Coup\u003c\/em\u003e, Mehrsa Baradaran, one of our leading public intellectuals, argues that the system is in fact rigged towards the powerful, though it wasn't the work of evil puppet masters behind the curtain. Rather, the rigging was carried out by hundreds of (mostly) law-abiding lawyers, judges, regulators, policymakers, and lobbyists. Adherents of a market-centred doctrine called neoliberalism, these individuals, over the course of decades, worked to transform the nation—and succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey did so by changing the law in unseen ways. Tracing this largely unknown history from the late 1960s to the present, Baradaran demonstrates that far from yielding fewer laws and regulations, neoliberalism has in fact always meant more—and more complex—laws. Those laws have uniformly benefited the wealthy. From the work of a young Alan Greenspan in creating \"Black Capitalism,\" to Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell's efforts to unshackle big money donors, to the establishment of the \"Law and Economics\" approach to legal interpretation—in which judges render opinions based on the principles of right-wing economics—Baradaran narrates the key moments in the slow-moving coup that was, and is, neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShifting our focus away from presidents and national policy, she tells the story of how this nation's laws came to favour the few against the many, threatening the integrity of the market and the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome have claimed that the neoliberal era is behind us. Baradaran shows that such thinking is misguided. Neoliberalism is a failed economic idea—it doesn't, in fact, create more wealth or more freedom. But it has been successful nevertheless, by seizing the courts and enabling our age of crypto fraud, financial instability, and accelerating inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn original account of the forces that have brought us to this dangerous moment in American history, \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Coup\u003c\/em\u003e reshapes our understanding of the recent past and lights a path towards a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47307251548396,"sku":"9781324124108","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11925473482659.jpg?v=1771073423"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mehrsa-baradaran.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}