| Description |
299 pages : illustrations (some color), charts ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Chapter art © by Luba Lukova"--title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-295). |
| Contents |
Preface: ballast -- 1. Rise of the shareholder class -- Trickle-down tax plan -- Changing sentiments -- Declining infrastructure -- Healthcare cutbacks -- Labor loses its voice -- The LBO boom -- Productivity soars, compensation stagnates -- Income inequality -- An overwhelmed IRS -- The offshoring explosion -- Stock market participation -- 2. The world we made -- Productivity revolution -- Billions of people work their way out of poverty -- Health is wealth -- A new world order -- Freedom of movement -- The red blood cells of the consumer economy -- The digital age -- Accelerating technological advancement -- U.S. institutions = genius factories -- Assisting humanity -- 3. Idolatry of innovators -- Turning away from community organizations -- Water safety in the richest country in the world -- Privatized R&D = privatized progress -- College has become the entry requirement ot the midddle class -- The gross idolatry of innovators... by innovators -- Power games -- The entrenchment of wealth -- It's never been easier to be a trillion-dollar company -- The MDMA dealer of capitalism is the corporate communications exec -- D.C. = HQ2 -- Perspective -- 4. Hunger games -- The great divergence -- It's wealthy at the top -- From lopsided to dystopian -- Invasive species -- The minimum wage is decades behind -- What are our priorities? -- Financialization and asset inflation -- Asset inflation comes home -- An assault on America's prosperity -- Another Covid crime -- The U.S. healthcare system is embarrassingly inefficient -- Waking up from the American dream -- 5. The attention economy -- We're all addicted to our phones -- Digital billboards -- Decline of the news -- Triggered -- Liar, liar -- "Political" censorship -- Fake news -- Media fuels misunderstanding about crime -- Relationship status -- 6. House of cards -- Marriage rates are at record lows -- Women value earning potential in male partners -- Men's share of college enrollment at record lows -- Online dating apps are more inequitable than almost anywhere on Earth -- Political divides become social divides -- Failture to leave -- Population growth is slowing to Great Depression levels -- Created equal -- Mass murder is a uniquely male crime -- The long-term erosion of trust in the federal government -- Old money, old problems -- Those funding the future reflect the past -- 7. Threats -- The United States retains the title -- The dominance of the U.S. dollar -- China has replaced the U.S. as the most popular trading partner -- The U.S. gets less for its military dollar -- Military spending doesn't always equate to effectiveness -- Chinese leadership in military drones -- Does our budget allocation align with our threats? -- Erosion of the world's most important brand -- The U.S. is no longer the world's laboratory -- Clean energy's silk road runs through China -- The spawning ground for capitalism's apex predators -- 8. The bright side of instability -- Crises trigger growth -- Resetting expectations -- Surging startups -- Immigrants are the original entrepreneurs -- Seeking refuge -- Getting banked -- 9. Possible futures -- Printing our way to prosperity -- Drowning in cash -- Investment in the social safety net -- Smothered by the safety net -- Metadystopia -- Fast future -- Space is lonely without friends -- 10. What we must do -- Simplify the tax code -- Rebuild the regulatory system -- Restore the algebra of deterrence -- Reform section 230 -- Rethink the land of the free incarcerated -- Enact a one-time wealth tax -- Rebrand nuclear -- Support children and family formation -- Reform higher ed -- Enable other pathways for upward mobility -- Invest in national service. |
| Summary |
"We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we're faced with daunting questions - is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change - change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class. In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past - from 1945 to present day - to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today's perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway's unique take on where we're headed and who we'll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream. Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world?" -- Publisher marketing. |
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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United States -- Economic policy.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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America -- Economic conditions.
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Business -- Economic conditions.
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Income distribution.
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Radicals.
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Labor movement.
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Social classes.
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Economic development.
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00902213
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Graphs. (OCoLC)fst01919900
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Graphs.
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| Added Author |
Lukova, Luba, artist.
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| Added Title |
American in one hundred charts |
| ISBN |
9780593542408 (hardcover) |
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0593542401 (hardcover) |
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