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Author Hartmann, Thom, 1951-

Title Screwed : the undeclared war against the middle class--and what we can do about it / Thom Hartmann.

Imprint San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.55 H255s 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 239 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
Contents A middle class requires democracy -- There is no "free" market -- How we the people create the middle class -- The rise of the corporatocracy -- Democracy requires a middle class -- The myth of the greedy founders -- Thomas Paine against the freeloaders -- Taxation without representation -- James Madison versus the business of war -- FDR and the economic royalists -- Governing for we the people -- Too important for the private sector -- Knowledge is power -- Medicine for health, not for profit -- The truth about the trust fund -- Setting the rules of the game -- Leveling the playing field -- Conclusion: the road to victory.
Subject Middle class -- Economic conditions.
Middle class -- Political activity.
Middle class -- United States -- History.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Politics and government.
Added Title Undeclared war against the middle class--and what we can do about it
ISBN 1576754146 (hardcover)
Standard No. 9781576754146

 
    
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