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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Describes how the elite domination of American politics has made for a less democratic and prosperous society that has also made the economic system more vulnerable, looking at the growing disparity between the rich and poor, and hazards of a deregulatedeconomy.
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Language
English
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Description
Millions of Americans don't earn enough money to pay for decent housing, food, health care, and education. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer. Learn how governments, businesses, and citizens are fighting to close the economic gap.
"Did you know that the four richest Americans have as much wealth as the 128 million poorest Americans combined? And that in many US companies, the CEO earns about 340 times more than the rank-and-file employee? Statistics...
11) A simple government: twelve things we really need from Washington (and a trillion that we don't)
Author
Language
English
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Description
An optimistic manifesto for America's future government by the former presidential candidate outlines recommendations for upholding the nation's founding principles and overcoming election-focused politics.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story--the U.S. today lags behind most other developed nations in measures of inequality and economic mobility. For decades, wages have stagnated for the majority of workers while economic gains have disproportionately gone to the top one percent. Education, housing,...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In The Real Crash, New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode . . . with disastrous consequences for the economy and for each of us. Schiff demonstrates how the infusion of billions of dollars of stimulus money has only dug a deeper hole: the United States government simply spends too much and does not collect enough money to pay its debts, and in the...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions--the Federal Reserve--to show how its policies over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country's economic stability at risk"--
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