Betrayal of the American Dream

Name: Betrayal of the American Dream
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ISBN: 9781586489694

ISBN-10: 1586489690

ISBN-13: 9781586489694

Edition: 2012

Authors: Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele

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A series of actions by Washington and Wall Street over decades have systematically dismantled the economic foundation of America’s middle class. InThe Betrayal, two of the country’s finest investigative reporters reveal the extent of the ruination and the people and agencies most culpable.Barlett and Steele’s 1992 bestseller about Washington’s assault on the middle class—America: What Went Wrong—was controversial in its day. But when the authors reexamined it, their conclusions then seemed quaint in the light of today’s realities. For this new book they document a fundamental betrayal of the American promise, through peerless reportorial investigation and through the perspectives of workers…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 7/31/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Prologue



Assault on the Middle Class



The Cost of Free Trade



Made in America?



Phantom Jobs



The Great Tax Heist



The End of Retirement



Deregulation: Economic Chaos



Globalization Shanghaied



Restoring the American Dream


Appendix


Acknowledgments


A Note on Sources


Index