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Also by Robert Kuttner:

Debtors' Prison, May 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
A Presidency In Peril, March 2010
Hardcover
The Squandering of America, November 2008
Paperback
Obama's Challenge, September 2008
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The Squandering of America, November 2007
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Making Work Pay, May 2002
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The End of Laissez-Faire, February 1992
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THE SQUANDERING OF AMERICA
By: Robert Kuttner

How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity

Vintage
November 2008
On Sale: November 11, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 1400033632
EAN: 9781400033638
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Political

A passionate, articulate argument detailing how the United States political system has failed to adapt to the economic challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The American economy is in peril. It has fallen hostage to a casino of financial speculation, creating instability as well as inequality. Tens of millions of workers are vulnerable to layoffs and outsourcing, health care and retirement burdens are increasingly being shifted from employers to individuals. Here Kuttner debunks alarmist claims about supposed economic hazards and exposes the genuine dangers: hedge funds and private equity run amok, sub-prime lenders, Wall Street middlemen, and America's dependence on foreign central banks. He then outlines a persuasive, bold alternative, a new model of managed capitalism that can deliver security and opportunity, and rekindle democracy as we know it.

Media Buzz

Fresh Air - NPR - November 6, 2008