Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents iii
3. List of Figures v
4. Preface vi
5. Introduction: In My Life 1
6. PART 1: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths
7. overview: Why an Autopsy? The Politics of History 17
8. one The Vietnamization of America 23
9. two Mourning Again in America 43
10. PART 2: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education
11. overview: History of Learning American Style 61
12. three How the Knowledge Economy Killed Knowledge, and Other Scary Stories Out of School 73
13. four The University Burns While the Knowledge Factory Hums 93
14. PART 3: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America
15. overview: History of Health in America 107
16. five Industrialized Food and Industrialized Farmers 117
17. six Junk Food, Junk Science and a Bad Case of Mad Truth Disease 137
18. seven Junk Freedom, Broken Windows, and Black Lives Matter 153
19. PART 4: The Life and Death of America’s Economy and Government
20. overview: It’s the Political Economy, Stupid 171
21. eight Beyond Voodoo Economics: The Myth of Marco Rubio 177
22. nine Shock Doctrines, Disaster Capitalism, and Smart ALECs 195
23. ten The Myth of Common Sense Austerity and the Slow Death of America’s Economy 211
24. Epilogue: Innocents Abroad, Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global 227
25. Notes 247
26. Index 293