The Unwinding An Inner History of the New America

A National Book Award winner, The Unwinding tells the story of the United States over the past three decades by tracing the decline of American institutions and the social contract. George Packer weaves together the lives of several individuals—including a son of tobacco farmers who seeks a new economy in North Carolina, a factory worker in Youngstown, Ohio, and a Washington insider disillusioned by political corruption—to illustrate how the country's structures have unraveled. Interspersed with these narratives are biographical sketches of public figures like Newt Gingrich, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay-Z. The book provides a kaleidoscopic history of a nation in transition, moving from a period of shared prosperity and stable institutions to an era of extreme inequality and institutional collapse.

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