Are America's Wealthy Too Powerful?

Name: Are America's Wealthy Too Powerful?
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ISBN: 9780737734300

ISBN-10: 0737734302

ISBN-13: 9780737734300

Edition: 2006

Authors: Stuart A. Kallen

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List price: $27.80
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date: 5/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Stuart A. Kallen has written more than 250 nonfiction books for children and young adults. His books have covered countless aspects of human history, culture, and science from the building of the pyramids to the music of the twenty-first century.

Introduction	p. 7
The Wealthy Profit at the Expense of the Poor and Middle Classes	p. 10
The Wealthy Create Opportunities and Jobs for All Americans	p. 16
Wall Street Financiers Manipulate the Stock Market to Benefit Themselves	p. 24
Wall Street Financiers Help Millions of Investors Profit	p. 31
The American Tax System Gives the Wealthy Too Much Power	p. 39
The American Tax System Punishes the Wealthy	p. 50
Rich Celebrities Have Too Much Political Influence	p. 56
Celebrities Have Little Influence on Voters	p. 67
Corporations Use Their Power to Benefit the Rich	p. 72
Corporations Use Their Power to Benefit All Sectors of Society	p. 80
Well-Funded Environmental Groups Abuse Their Power	p. 84
The Greedy Practices of Corporations Are Destroying the Environment	p. 91
Wealthy Corporations Unfairly Influence News Coverage	p. 97
America's Wealthiest Citizens Give Away Billions to Improve Education	p. 105
Most Rich Americans Have Worked Hard to Obtain Their Wealth	p. 114
Organizations to Contact	p. 118
Bibliography	p. 123
Index	p. 128
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