Summary of Tony Judt's Ill Fares the Land

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Around us, we see a level of individual wealth that has never been seen before. Conspicuous consumption of redundant consumer goods has greatly expanded over the past generation. #2 The symptoms of collective impoverishment are all around us. From the late 19th century until the 1970s, the advanced societies of the West were becoming less unequal. But since then, they have all become more unequal. #3 The conse