Who stole the American dream? Can we get it back?

Who stole the American dream? Can we get it back?

by Hedrick Smith
Book - 2012
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Главный автор: Smith, Hedrick
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York : Random House, c2012.
Редактирование:1st ed.
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505 0 |a The challenge from within -- Power shift. The business rebellion : the power shift that changed American history -- The pivotal Congress : Jimmy Carter and 1977-78 Democrats -- Middle-class power : how citizen action worked before the power shift -- Middle-class prosperity : how "the virtuous circle" worked before the new economy -- Dismantling the dream. The new economy of the 1990s : the wedge economics that split America -- The stolen dream : from middle-class to the new poor -- The great burden shift : funding your own safety net, crippled by debt -- The wealth gap : the economics "of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" -- Unequal democracy. The new 2000s power game : why Congress often ignores public opinion -- The Washington-Wall Street symbiosis : the inside track of "the money monopoly" -- Middle-class squeeze. Broken promises : bankrupting middle-class pensions -- 401(K)'s : do-it-yourself : can you really afford to retire? -- Housing heist : prime targets : the solid middle class -- The great wealth shift : how the banks eroded middle-class savings -- Offshoring the dream : the Wal-Mart trail to China -- Hollowing out high-end jobs : IBM : shifting the knowledge economy to India -- The skills gap myth : importing IT workers costs masses of U.S. jobs -- Obstacles to a fix. The missing middle : how gridlock adds to the wealth gap -- The rise of the radical right, 1964-2010 : assault on the middle-class safety net -- The high cost of imperial overstretch : how the U.S. global footprint hurts the middle class -- Challenge and response. Reclaiming the dream : a domestic Marshall plan : a ten-step strategy--; Politics : a grassroots response : reviving the moderate center and middle-class power -- Appendix. Stolen dream timeline : key events, trends, and turning points, 1948-2012. 
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