Who stole the American dream?
Recounts 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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A good book on the policies that helped kill unions and weaken the middle class is Who Stole the American Dream by Hedrick Smith.
http://www.amazon.com/Stole-American-Dream-Hedrick-Smith-ebo...
- It is a testament to how control of this country has been completely wrested from the hands of the middle class since the 60s and 70s and taken over by megacorporations, the military-industrial complex, and the ultrawealthy. I recently read about this phenomenon in the book Who Stole the American Dream?, by Hedrick Smith[0]. I highly recommend it.
The first signs of change appeared in the 2012 election, as the young people voted for marijuana legalization (and gay marriage) in two states and the hundreds of millions spent by the wealthy on campaign ads (enabled by the Citizens United ruling) failed to produce material results. Unfortunately, it appears that the older generations' viewpoints are largely stagnant, so this change will probably have to occur one funeral at a time.
0: http://www.amazon.com/Who-Stole-American-Dream-ebook/dp/B007...
- Who Stole the American Dream? - Hedrick Smith: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13331153-who-stole-the-am...
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