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000466543 1001_ $$aSmith, Hedrick.
000466543 24510 $$aWho stole the American dream? /$$cHedrick Smith.
000466543 250__ $$a1st ed.
000466543 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRandom House,$$cc2012.
000466543 300__ $$axxxi, 557 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000466543 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [527]-538) and index.
000466543 5050_ $$aThe challenge from within -- Power shift : The business rebellion: the power shift that changed American history ; The pivotal Congress: Jimmy Carter and 1977-78 Democrats ; Middle-class power: how citizen action worked before the power shift ; Middle-class prosperity: how "the virtuous circle" worked before the new economy -- Dismantling the dream : The new economy of the 1990s: the wedge economics that split America ; The stolen dream: from middle-class to the new poor ; The great burden shift: funding your own safety net, crippled by debt ; The wealth gap: the economics "of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" -- Unequal democracy : The new 2000s power game: why Congress often ignores public opinion ; The Washington-Wall Street symbiosis: the inside track of "the money monopoly" -- Middle-class squeeze : Broken promises: bankrupting middle-class pensions ; 401(K)'s: do-it-yourself : can you really afford to retire? ; Housing heist: prime targets: the solid middle class ; The great wealth shift: how the banks eroded middle-class savings ; Offshoring the dream: the Wal-Mart trail to China ; Hollowing out high-end jobs: IBM: shifting the knowledge economy to India ; The skills gap myth: importing IT workers costs masses of U.S. jobs -- Obstacles to a fix : The missing middle: how gridlock adds to the wealth gap ; The rise of the radical right, 1964-2010: assault on the middle-class safety net ; The high cost of imperial overstretch: how the U.S. global footprint hurts the middle class -- Challenge and response : Reclaiming the dream: a domestic Marshall plan: a ten-step strategy ; Politics: a grassroots response: reviving the moderate center and middle-class power -- Appendix. Stolen dream timeline: key events, trends, and turning points, 1948-2012.
000466543 520__ $$aRecounts how the American dream has been dismantled over the past forty years by legislative, electoral, and corporate decisions that have compromised the middle class and minimized individual economic and political power.
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000466543 650_0 $$aPolitical culture$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y21st century.
000466543 650_0 $$aPolarization (Social sciences)$$zUnited States.
000466543 650_0 $$aMiddle class$$zUnited States$$xEconomic conditions.
000466543 650_0 $$aMiddle class$$xPolitical activity$$zUnited States.
000466543 650_0 $$aPublic interest$$zUnited States.
000466543 650_0 $$aIncome distribution$$zUnited States.
000466543 650_0 $$aDivided government$$zUnited States.
000466543 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1945-1989.
000466543 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1989-
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