The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity

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The incomes of most Americans today are static or declining. Tens of millions of workers in the United States are newly vulnerable to layoffs and outsourcing. Health care and retirement burdens are increasingly being shifted from employers to individuals?at crushing cost. Two-income families find they are working longer hours for lower wages, with decreased social support. As wealth has become more concentrated, the economyhas become more recklessly speculative, jeopardizing not only the prospects of ordinary Americans, but the solvency of the entire system.

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A renowned political and economic critic describes how the elite domination of American politics has made for a less democratic and prosperous society that has also made the economic system more vulnerable, looking at the growing disparity between the rich and poor, hazards of a deregulated economy, and common-sense remedies for the costs of Medicare and Social Security. 35,000 first printing.

Review

David Siegfried - Booklist
"A pragmatic populist, Kuttner articulates the concerns of ordinary people faced with a bleak political landscape that no longer represents their needs, views, and values."

Review

Harry Hurt - New York Times
"Every once in a blue moon, a book comes along that seems to articulate my most deep-seated fears about the future of America, its economy and its body politic....In THE SQUANDERING OF AMERICA: HOW THE FAILURE OF OUR POLITICS UNDERMINES OUR PROSPERITY, Robert Kuttner sounds a chilling, if often shrill alarm about...many...political and economic issues"