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August 2012
On Sale: July 31, 2012
320 pages
ISBN: 1586489690
EAN: 9781586489694
Kindle: B0080K3NJM
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Non-Fiction Political
America’s unique prosperity is based on its creation of a
middle class. In the twentieth century, that middle class
provided the workforce, the educated skills, and the demand
that gave life to the world’s greatest consumer economy. It
was innovative and dynamic; it eclipsed old imperial systems
and colonial archetypes. It gave rise to a dream: that if
you worked hard and followed the rules you would prosper in
America, and your children would enjoy a better life than yours.
The American dream was the lure to gifted immigrants and the
birthright opportunity for every American citizen. It is as
important a part of the history of the country as the
passing of the Bill of Rights, the outcome of the battle of
Gettysburg, or the space program. Incredibly, however, for
more than thirty years, government and big business in
America have conspired to roll back the American dream. What
was once accessible to a wide swath of the population is
increasingly open only to a privileged few.
The story of how the American middle class has been
systematically impoverished and its prospects thwarted in
favor of a new ruling elite is at the heart of this
extraordinarily timely and revealing book, whose devastating
findings from two of the finest investigative reporters in
the country will leave you astonished and angry.
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