America: What Went Wrong?The culmination of two years of research, and based on a series of articles in the Philadelphia Enquirer, two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors reveal how everyone's lives have been touched by public acts and private greed. Barlett and Steele deftly expose the shifting tax burdens, deregulation, foreign investment, bankruptcy laws, and other changes that have reeked havoc on the middle class. |
Contents
DISMANTLING THE MIDDLE CLASS | 1 |
LOSING OUT TO MEXICO | 31 |
SHIFTING TAXESFROM THEM TO YOU | 40 |
Copyright | |
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America: What Went Wrong?: The Crisis Deepens Donald L. Barlett,James B. Steele No preview available - 2020 |
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Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order Richard J. Barnet,John Cavanagh Limited preview - 1995 |
The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco No preview available - 1996 |