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

by Thom Hartmann, Greg Palast (Afterword)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605098692
Publisher:	Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/28/2007
Series:	BK Currents (Paperback)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	397,873
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Thom Hartmann is the host of a nationally syndicated Air America Radio program and is the author of eighteen books, including The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late; We the People: A Call to Take Back America; What Would Jefferson Do?, and Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Mark Crispin Miller     ix
Introduction: Profits before People     1
A Middle Class Requires Democracy     27
There Is No "Free" Market     29
How We the People Create the Middle Class     41
The Rise of the Corporatocracy     59
Democracy Requires a Middle Class     71
The Myth of the Greedy Founders     73
Thomas Paine against the Freeloaders     81
Taxation without Representation     95
James Madison versus the Business of War     107
FDR and the Economic Royalists     115
Governing for We the People     129
Too Important for the Private Sector     137
Knowledge Is Power     147
Medicine for Health, Not for Profit     153
The Truth about the Trust Fund     163
Setting the Rules of the Game     173
The Illegal Employer Problem     183
Leveling the Playing Field     191
Conclusion: The Road to Victory     207
Afterword   Greg Palast     225
Notes     227
Index     236
Acknowledgments     247
About the Author     249