An edition of The great American economy
(2017)
The great American economy
how inefficiency broke it and what we can do to fix it
by Stephen L. Slavin
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October 21, 2023 | History
414 pages ; 24 cm
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Economic policy, Social conditions, Economic conditions, Social policy, United states, economic conditions, 2009-, United states, economic policy, 2009-, United states, social conditions, 1980-, United states, social policy, United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-, United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-, United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-, United States -- Social policy -- 1993-Places
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The great American economy: how inefficiency broke it and what we can do to fix it
2017, Prometheus Books
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1633883051 9781633883055
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Table of Contents
Part I. Losing our economic bearings
Is our economy fundamentally sound?
What went wrong?
Part II. Six cataclysmic events
Depression and war
Suburbanization
The Cold War
Globalization and global warming
Part III. The deindustrialization of America
The rise and fall of American industrial power
Innovation, infrastructure, and industrial policy
Part IV. Jobs, wages, and the job shortage
Jobs and wages
The job shortage
Part vi. Wasting our resources by using them inefficiently
Our wasteful transportation system
Our failing public schools
Our sick healthcare system
Part VII. Wasting our resources by over producing
The military-industrial complex
The criminal justice establishment
Our bloated financial sector
Part VIII. Wasting our resources by producing useless goods and services
The Internal Revenue Code and the tax preparation industry
Telemarketers, ambulance chasers, and other make-work occupations
Part VIII. The economic, social, and political consequences of wasting our resources
The economic consequences of wasting our resources
Our twin deficits
Our unraveling social contract
Growing income inequality and the shrinking middle class
Poverty and the growing permanent underclass
Part IX. Restoring the American economy
How we are wasting our resources: the big picture
Solving our economic problems and saving the American economy
The great job switch: placing tens of millions of Americans in useful jobs
A long-term strategy to save the American economy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-387) and index.
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