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Author: Donald L. Barlett
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780836270013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArticles and graphics describe economic conditions since the 1980s and their effect on the nation.
Author: Isabel Sawhill
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 0300241062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sobering account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation’s economic inequalities One of the country’s leading scholars on economics and social policy, Isabel Sawhill addresses the enormous divisions in American society—economic, cultural, and political—and what might be done to bridge them. Widening inequality and the loss of jobs to trade and technology has left a significant portion of the American workforce disenfranchised and skeptical of governments and corporations alike. And yet both have a role to play in improving the country for all. Sawhill argues for a policy agenda based on mainstream values, such as family, education, and work. While many have lost faith in government programs designed to help them, there are still trusted institutions on both the local and federal level that can deliver better job opportunities and higher wages to those who have been left behind. At the same time, the private sector needs to reexamine how it trains and rewards employees. This book provides a clear-headed and middle-way path to a better-functioning society in which personal responsibility is honored and inclusive capitalism and more broadly shared growth are once more the norm.
Author: Benjamin I. Page
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2020-04-02
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 022672493X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerica faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of dysfunctional government. In Democracy in America? veteran political observers Benjamin I. Page and Martin Gilens marshal an unprecedented array of evidence to show that while other countries have responded to a rapidly changing economy by helping people who’ve been left behind, the United States has failed to do so. Instead, we have actually exacerbated inequality, enriching corporations and the wealthy while leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves. What’s the solution? More democracy. More opportunities for citizens to shape what their government does. To repair our democracy, Page and Gilens argue, we must change the way we choose candidates and conduct our elections, reform our governing institutions, and curb the power of money in politics. By doing so, we can reduce polarization and gridlock, address pressing challenges, and enact policies that truly reflect the interests of average Americans. Updated with new information, this book lays out a set of proposals that would boost citizen participation, curb the power of money, and democratize the House and Senate.
Author: Jamal Greene
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1328518116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.
Author: Douglas J. Amy
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1457506580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy a book defending government? Because for decades, right-wing forces in this country have engaged in a relentless and irresponsible campaign of vicious government bashing. Conservatives and libertarians have demonized government, attacked basic safety net programs like Medicare, and undermined vital regulations that protect consumers, investors, workers, and the environment. This book takes on this anti-government movement and shows that most of its criticisms of this institution are highly exaggerated, misleading, or just plain wrong. In reality, American government - despite its flaws - plays a valuable and indispensable role in promoting the public good. Most government programs are working well and are actually improving the lives of Americans in innumerable ways. Democratic government is a vital tool for making our world a better place; and if we want an America that is prosperous, healthy, secure, well-educated, just, compassionate, and unpolluted, we need a strong, active, and well-funded public sector. Part I: Why Government is Good. The section of the book describes how government acts as a force for good in society. One chapter chronicles a day in the life of an average middle-class American and identifies the myriad ways that government programs improve our lives. Other chapters describe the forgotten achievements of government; how government is the only way to effectively promote public values like justice and equality; and how a free market economy would be impossible without the elaborate legal and regulatory infrastructure provided by government. Part II: The War on Government. This section of the book chronicles the unrelenting assault on government being waged by conservative forces in this country. Chapters describe how cuts in social programs and rollbacks of regulations have harmed the health, safety, and welfare of millions of Americans and how these assaults have taken place on many fronts - in Congress, the administrative branch, and the federal courts, as well as on the state and local level. Also addressed: how the right's radical anti-government agenda is out of touch with the views and priorities of most Americans, and what the real truth is about government deficits. Part III: How to Revitalize Democracy and Government. There are, in fact, some problems with American government, and we need to address these if we are to restore Americans' faith in this institution. One of the main problems with our government is that it is not accountable and responsive enough to the public. Moneyed special interests too often win out over the public interest. Chapters in this section describe this problem and how we can fix it. There are several reforms - including public financing of elections - that could help our government live up to its democratic ideals. The final chapter discusses strategies for building a pro-government coalition in this country.
Author: Writers of The Atlantic
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 1982157046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of America’s best reporters and thinkers offer an urgent look at a country in chaos in this collection of timely, often prophetic articles from The Atlantic. The past four years in the United States have been among the most turbulent in our history—and would have been so even without a global pandemic and waves of protest nationwide against police violence. Drawn from the recent work of The Atlantic staff writers and contributors, The American Crisis explores the factors that led us to the present moment: racial division, economic inequality, political dysfunction, the hollowing out of government, the devaluation of truth, and the unique threat posed by Donald Trump. Today’s emergencies expose pathologies years in the making. Featuring leading voices from The Atlantic, one of the country’s most widely read and influential magazines, The American Crisis is a broad and essential look at the condition of America today—and at the qualities of national character that may yet offer hope. With contributions by: Danielle Allen, Anne Applebaum, Yoni Appelbaum, Molly Ball, David W. Blight, Mark Bowden, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lizabeth Cohen, McKay Coppins, James Fallows, Drew Gilpin Faust, Caitlin Flanagan, Franklin Foer, David Frum, Megan Garber, Michael Gerson, Elizabeth Goitein, David A. Graham, Emma Green, Yuval Noah Harari, Ibram X. Kendi, Olga Khazan, Adrienne LaFrance, Annie Lowrey, James Mattis, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Angela Nagle, Vann R. Newkirk II, George Packer, Elaina Plott, Jeremy Raff, Jonathan Rauch, Adam Serwer, Clint Smith, Matthew Stewart, Alex Wagner, Tara Westover, and Ed Yong.
Author: Darrell Ankarlo
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781581824117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDarrell Ankarlo believes there is nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by informed citizens who get involved in their communities. While many people only lament the ways society seems to be rotting from within, he has used the platform of his radio show to rouse his listeners to make a difference where they live. In What Went Wrong with America...and How to Fix It, the author does more than rant about our nation's problems. Instead, he provides a practical road map for ordinary Americans to follow in making their voices heard. Here he equips readers to change the pattern of disengagement by using tools that are available to everyone to fight for meaningful action. He shows how to spread one's message through broadcast and print media and how to organize rallies and protests, even to the point of running for elected office. Here is how one radio talk-show host took on America's foremost rap group and won. He also was able to take on a popular governor who clandestinely tried to strong-arm a state income tax through the legislature, in contrast to his campaign promises. Recently he was able to organize a massive demonstration of support for the American military, sparking a statewide movement of pro-American, pro-troop rallies. Dubbed as Texas United, the concept swept the nation with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating in support of the nation and the troops who were defending it against an enemy who had been at war with us while we slept. What Went Wrong with America...and How to Fix It provides valuable help for anyone who wants to make a difference on the local, state, or national level. Reading his personal stories and anecdotes provides a new appreciation for our nation's heritage and for every American's personal responsibility to carry the torch and then pass it on to the next generation. Book jacket.
Author: Edward Alden
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017-09-15
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1538109093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*Updated edition with a new foreword on the Trump administration's trade policy* The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for many Americans. In Failure to Adjust Edward Alden provides a compelling history of the last four decades of US economic and trade policies that have left too many Americans unable to adapt to or compete in the current global marketplace. He tells the story of what went wrong and how to correct the course. Originally published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Alden’s book captured the zeitgeist that would propel Donald J. Trump to the presidency. In a new introduction to the paperback edition, Alden addresses the economic challenges now facing the Trump administration, and warns that economic disruption will continue to be among the most pressing issues facing the United States. If the failure to adjust continues, Alden predicts, the political disruptions of the future will be larger still.
Author: Anders Aslund
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Published: 2015-04-17
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 0881327026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUkraine has been wracked by a year of unprecedented political, economic, and military turmoil. Russian military aggression in the east and a legacy of destructive policies and corruption have created an imminent existential crisis for this young democracy. Yet Ukraine also has a great opportunity to break out of economic underperformance. In this study, Anders Åslund, one of the world's leading experts on Ukraine, traces Ukraine's evolution as a market economy starting with the fall of communism and examines the economic impact of its recent difficulties. Åslund argues that Ukraine must undertake sweeping political, economic, social, and government reforms to achieve prosperity and independence. For its part, the West must abandon its hesitant approach and provide broad economic assistance to help Ukraine transform itself.
Author: Steven B Lofton
Publisher:
Published: 2019-06-25
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9781076012562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Black Problem within America. Many African-Americans ask themselves how is it that our community has died beneath the Leadership of so many of our own kind? This book documents the answer to that question.
