In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. <br><br>Frank's target is &quot;market populism&quot;--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that &quot;the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another.&quot; Frank is a latter-day Mencken, as readers of his journal <i>The Baffler</i> and his book <i>The Conquest of Cool</i> know. With incisive analysis, passionate advocacy, and razor-sharp wit, he asks where we?re headed-and whether we're going to like it when we get there.