A review by givnuapeacesign
Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town by Brian Alexander

5.0

This one made me cry tears. Rarely do I choose nonfiction that isn't biography, memoir, etc. My nonfiction tells a story of people. This broadly and savagely undresses the dirty raping of American blue collar factories by way of acquisitions, mergers, profit, selling debt, bottom line, sell it fast tactics. I'm ignorant of finance economics. I am Union proud. The destruction of hope and declining resiliency this author so brilliantly displayed brought me to the depths of despair. Lancaster is every town. Our middle class jobs which gave us hope, a sense of community, pride, and a means to provide for our families are stripped bare. Fat cats get richer as the spoils become addicts. This book is hard to read. It has a plethora of names which intertwine. It has boring history which drones. Yet small towns are just that, droning groups of folk grasping for their dreams. Our small town America has nothing but nightmares now. What could be worse than a drug addled nightmare that only gets worse and you never escape?