ISBN:
9781576754634
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (265 p.)
Series Statement:
BK Currents (Paperback)
Series Statement:
BK Currents
Parallel Title:
Print version Screwed : The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It (Expanded)
DDC:
305.5/50973
Keywords:
Middle class ; Political activity ; United States
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Middle class ; United States ; Economic conditions
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Middle class ; United States ; History
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United States ; Politics and government
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United States ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Hartmann argues that the middle class is not the natural consequence of a free market based economy, but rather, the intended result of policies put into place to maximize the public good. Unfortunately, he maintains, the American middle class is on its deathbed
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Profits before People; Part I: A Middle Class Requires Democracy; Chapter 1 There Is No "Free" Market; Chapter 2 How We the People Create the Middle Class; Chapter 3 The Rise of the Corporatocracy; Part II: Democracy Requires a Middle Class; Chapter 4 The Myth of the Greedy Founders; Chapter 5 Thomas Paine against the Freeloaders; Chapter 6 Taxation without Representation; Chapter 7 James Madison versus the Business of War; Chapter 8 FDR and the Economic Royalists; Part III: Governing for We the People; Chapter 9 Too Important for the Private Sector
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 10 Knowledge Is PowerChapter 11 Medicine for Health, Not for Profit; Chapter 12 The Truth about the Trust Fund; Chapter 13 Setting the Rules of the Game; Chapter 14 The Illegal Employer Problem; Chapter 15 Leveling the Playing Field; Conclusion: The Road to Victory; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments; About the Author;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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