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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Slavin, Stephen L., author.     Subjects     United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-     United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-     United States -- Social policy -- 1993-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Slavin, Stephen L., author.       by title:      The great American e...         MARC Display

The great American economy : how inefficiency broke it and what we can do to fix it / Steve Slavin. by Slavin, Stephen L., author. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, c2017. Subjects United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-   United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-   United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-   United States -- Social policy -- 1993- ISBN:  9781633883055 (hardcover) : 1633883051 (hardcover) Description:  414 pages ; 24 cm 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 V. Wasting our resources by using them inefficiently. Our wasteful transportation system -- Our failing public schools -- Our sick healthcare system -- Part VI. Wasting our resources by overproducing. The military-industrial complex -- The criminal justice establishment -- Our bloated financial sector -- Part VII. 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 330.973 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 330.973 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 330.973 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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