The American dream vs. the gospel of wealth : the fight for a productive middle-class economy

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Label

The American dream vs. the gospel of wealth : the fight for a productive middle-class economy

Title remainder

the fight for a productive middle-class economy

Statement of responsibility

Norton Garfinkle

Title variation

American dream versus the gospel of wealth

Creator

• Garfinkle, Norton, 1931-
• Garfinkle, Norton, 1931-

Subject

• Supply-side economics -- United States
• United States -- Economic conditions
• United States -- Economic policy
• Democracy -- United States
• Middle class -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Norton Garfinkle paints a disquieting picture of America today: a nation increasingly divided between economic winners and losers, a nation in which the middle-class American Dream seems more and more elusive. Recent government policies reflect a commitment to a new supply-side winner-take-all Gospel of Wealth. Garfinkle warns that this supply-side economic vision favours the privileged few over the majority of American citizens striving to better their economic condition. Garfinkle employs historical insight and data-based economic analysis to demonstrate compellingly the sharp departure of the supply-side Gospel of Wealth from an American ideal that dates back to Abraham Lincoln, the vision of America as a society in which ordinary, hard-working individuals can get ahead and attain a middle-class living, and in which government plays an active role in expanding opportunities and ensuring against economic exploitation. Supply-side economic policies increase economic disparities and, the author insists, they fail on technical, factual, moral, and political grounds. He outlines a fresh economic vision, consonant with the great American tradition of ensuring strong economic growth while preserving the middle-class American Dream

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• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
• The future of American democracy

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

330.973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HC103

LC item number

.G32 2006eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography