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Noam Chomsky

Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

1.

To what extent do US corporations operate under “the vile maxim” challenging democracy?

2.

How do corporations maintain power? Explore at least three venues.

3.

How does Chomsky propose restoring democracy and undermining corporate power? Explore at least two solutions.

4.

Explain how financialization and offshoring hurt domestic US workers.

5.

Why are unions so severely attacked in the US, according to Chomsky?

6.

Chomsky emphasizes the coordinated corporate attack on democracy since the 1970s. What sparked this attack, and what are its short- and long-term consequences?

7.

How do Madison and Jefferson’s ideas of democracy differ, according to Chomsky? How is this relevant to the broader discussion on corporate power?

8.

In Principle 10, Chomsky points out that humans now have enough power for species extinction. How does this point affect his overarching argument about power and control?

9.

To what extent do US elites operate under the Madisonian model?

10.

How does solidarity undermine corporate control, according to Chomsky?

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