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100 1  Smith, Hedrick. 
245 10 Who stole the American dream? /|cHedrick Smith. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    xxxi, 557 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-538) and 
       index. 
505 0  The challenge from within -- Power shift. The business 
       rebellion : the power shift that changed American history 
       ; The pivotal Congress : Jimmy Carter and 1977-78 
       Democrats ; Middle-class power : how citizen action worked
       before the power shift ; Middle-class prosperity : how 
       "the virtuous circle" worked before the new economy -- 
       Dismantling the dream. The new economy of the 1990s : the 
       wedge economics that split America ; The stolen dream : 
       from middle-class to the new poor ; The great burden shift
       : funding your own safety net, crippled by debt ; The 
       wealth gap : the economics "of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 
       1%" -- Unequal democracy. The new 2000s power game : why 
       Congress often ignores public opinion ; The Washington-
       Wall Street symbiosis : the inside track of "the money 
       monopoly" -- Middle-class squeeze. Broken promises : 
       bankrupting middle-class pensions ; 401(K)'s : do-it-
       yourself : can you really afford to retire? ; Housing 
       heist : prime targets : the solid middle class ; The great
       wealth shift : how the banks eroded middle-class savings ;
       Offshoring the dream : the Wal-Mart trail to China ; 
       Hollowing out high-end jobs : IBM : shifting the knowledge
       economy to India ; The skills gap myth : importing IT 
       workers costs masses of U.S. jobs -- Obstacles to a fix. 
       The missing middle : how gridlock adds to the wealth gap ;
       The rise of the radical right, 1964-2010 : assault on the 
       middle-class safety net ; The high cost of imperial 
       overstretch : how the U.S. global footprint hurts the 
       middle class -- Challenge and response. Reclaiming the 
       dream : a domestic Marshall plan : a ten-step strategy ; 
       Politics : a grassroots response : reviving the moderate 
       center and middle-class power -- Appendix. Stolen dream 
       timeline : key events, trends, and turning points, 1948-
       2012. 
520    Recounts how the American dream has been dismantled over 
       the past forty years by legislative, electoral, and 
       corporate decisions that have compromised the middle class
       and minimized individual economic and political power. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Polarization (Social sciences)|zUnited States. 
650  0 Middle class|zUnited States|xEconomic conditions. 
650  0 Middle class|xPolitical activity|zUnited States. 
650  0 Public interest|zUnited States. 
650  0 Income distribution|zUnited States. 
650  0 Divided government|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1945-1989. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1989- 
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