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Bezig met laden... Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dreamdoor Arianna Huffington
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 |   ) Alloc | Sep 29, 2014 |  ) malrubius | Apr 2, 2013 | Still, the author is right: something has to be done, and soon. It's obvious to anyone that "trickle down economics" has failed spectacularly, and the middle class of America (as well as the poor) are suffering because of it. But I have too little faith in our politicians, and our society, to do anything to remedy the situation. We seem to be content, on a large part, to just bury our heads in the sand. It makes me afraid for our country. ( ) schatzi | Apr 13, 2012 | The last third of the book focuses on solutions. I think this should have been the focus of the entire book. It would have been more original and intriguing to read. The solutions Huffington proposes aren't entirely stellar, but they do give food for thought. If this had been the entire focus of the book, perhaps it could have been developed even better. ( ) ironicqueery | Jan 10, 2012 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:Itâ??s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player. That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation. The evidence is all around us: Our industrial base is vanishing, taking with it the kind of jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy for more than a century; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrowâ??s workforce to acquire the information and training it needs to land good twenty-first century jobs; our infrastructureâ??our roads, our bridges, our sewage and water, our transportation and electrical systemsâ??is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is broken, in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkbook to control both parties. And Americaâ??s middle class, the driver of so much of our economic success and political stability, is rapidly disappearing, forcing us to confront the fear that we are slipping as a nation â?? that our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did. Itâ??s the dark flipside of the American Dream â?? an American Nightmare of our own making. Arianna Huffington, who, with the must-read Huffington Post, has her finger on the pulse of America, unflinchingly tracks the gradual demise of America as an industrial, political, and economic leader. In the vein of her fiery bestseller Pigs at the Trough, Third World America points fingers, names names, and details whoâ??s killing the American Dream. Finally, calling on the can-do attitude that is part of Americaâ??s DNA, Huffington shows precisely what we need to do to stop our freefall and keep America from turning into a third world nation. Third World America is a must-read for anyone disturbed by our countryâ??s steady descent from 20th century superpo Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)330.973Social sciences Economics Economics Economic geography and history North America United StatesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.41)
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