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Screwed - The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class—And What We Can Do about It - cover

Screwed - The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class—And What We Can Do about It

Thom Hartmann

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Hartmann argues that the middle class is not the natural consequence of a free market based economy, but rather, the intended result of policies put into place to maximize the public good. Unfortunately, he maintains, the American middle class is on its deathbed.
Available since: 04/28/2007.
Print length: 264 pages.

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