Free Lunch How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

Name: Free Lunch How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
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ISBN: 9781591841913

ISBN-10: 1591841917

ISBN-13: 9781591841913

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Cay Johnston

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The bestselling author of Perfectly Legalreturns with a powerful new expos How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? Free Lunchprovides answers to this great economic mystery of our time, revealing how todays government policies and spending reach deep into the wallets of the many for the benefit of the wealthy few. Johnston cuts through the official version of events and shows how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations quietly went into effectregulations that thwart competition, depress wages, and reward misconduct. From how George W. Bush got rich off a tax increase…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/27/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface



Without Even Asking



Mr. Reagan's Question



Trust and Consequences



Chinese Magnetism



Seizing the Commons



Pride and Profits



Your Land is My Land



Bounty Hunters



Goin' Fishin'



Just Say No



Beauty and the Bounty



False Alarm



Home Robbery



Indentured Scholars



Selling the Furniture



Suffer the Little Children



Trojan Horse



Sightless Sheriffs



Paying Twice



Rising Snow



Unhealthy Economics



Less for More



Hooked on Drugs



"I'm Being Trapped"



None Dare Call It Stealing



Not Since Hoover


Conclusion: What to Do?


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index