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Third World America : how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the American dream/ Arianna Huffington.

ISBN: 9780307719829
ISBN: 0307719820
Physical Description: xi, 276 p.; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.

Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos, 1950- (Author).

Summary:

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 jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrow's workforce to land good 21st century jobs; our infrastructure is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkbook to control both parties. Our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did. Finally, she shows what we need to do to stop our free fall.