War on the middle class : how the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back /
The middle class has never been so vulnerable. Its every feature is under assault by politicians and the lobbyists who court them, big-business corporations that are sending their jobs overseas, and a media that relies on sensationalism instead of facts when reporting the news. CNN host and commenta...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
2006.
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| Summary: | The middle class has never been so vulnerable. Its every feature is under assault by politicians and the lobbyists who court them, big-business corporations that are sending their jobs overseas, and a media that relies on sensationalism instead of facts when reporting the news. CNN host and commentator Dobbs looks at every aspect of the decline of the middle class--from a lack of political representation to America's corrupt health-care system--to demonstrate how the gap between America's newest haves and have-nots is no longer merely financial, but instead includes the erosion of education, employment, government, and community. Dobbs proposes a series of measures to resolve each issue and incite people, whose future is being mortgaged to benefit a powerful few, to preserve their rights and dreams.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 276 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0670037923 9780670037926 |