Coyote, Ivan E., 231–32
credentialization, 150–51, 154, 156–
Dean, Howard, 120
57, 339–40
debt, 2–23, 96–97, 114–15, 346
credit boom, 14–16, 92–96
debt interest, 5, 228
credit “bubble,” 16, 96
decay of America, 21, 22
credit cards, 9, 96, 105, 218, 310, 345
decay of Rome, 25–43
“credit crunch,” 96
Declaration of Independence, 193,
“credit default swap,” 94–96
247
Crosby, Bing, 53
12–13, 25
Cultural Revolution, 100
decline of America, 13–14, 32, 43,
Culture of Pleasure, 136–37
127–87
culture wars, 73
decline of Greece, 103–7
cures, races for, 27–28
Deemer, Andy, 174
Currie, Jay, 95
defense budget, 119
Curse of Bigness, 47–49
deficit, 3–16, 110–11, 117–18, 228–29,
245, 345–46
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DeParle, Jason, 252
Dependistan, 225, 228–30
depravity of Britannia, 189–209
Depression, 34, 69, 115, 135
Dalrymple, Theodore, 115
Derbyshire, John, 344
despotism, 45–46, 235
Daniels, Anthony, 220
Dawkins, Richard, 321
Diamond, Jared, 233
Day, Doris, 3
de-centralization, 238, 333–35
Diaz, Porfirio, 254
de-complicating, 339
dictatorships, 101–2, 192–93, 241,
de-credentializing, 339–40
281, 311, 323
de-governmentalization, 335
de-monopolizing, 337–38
Dingell, John, Jr., 76
de-normalizing, 341–42
Dingell, John, Sr., 76
index 413
dis-entitle, 340–41
Eighties (1980s), 180, 221, 222, 300
disintegration, 21, 22, 206, 256
Eisenhower, Dwight, 195–96
diversity, 63–64, 131, 146, 153
elites
diversity outreach, 31–32
belief of, 16, 21
diversity training, 68
British elites, 197, 208
“do something” attitude, 61, 342–45
contempt of, 68, 102
Doherty, John, 108
corrupt elites, 223, 227–28
Dohrn, Bernardine, 145
education of, 13, 152–53
Dole, Bob, 70
new elites, 59, 63, 135, 208, 246,
Domville, William, 189
266–67, 318–19
Douglas, William, 47
vegetarian elites, 127–28
Douglass, Frederick, 182
western elites, 59, 101, 143, 287,
drowning of Athens, 103–25
293
D’Souza, Dinesh, 145
Elmendorf, Douglas, 4, 8, 11
Duranty, Walter, 102
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 228
dystopian future, 38, 182–83
empathy, 158–61, 163
Empire State Building, 41
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