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Ladataan... Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American DreamTekijä: Arianna Huffington
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. The book wore me out early, with Huffington pointing out all of the areas in which America is failing, e.g., failing educational system, bridges falling down, congress in the pocket of the lobbies, a banking system too big to fail and requiring taxpayer bailouts, mortgage collapses, high unemployment, gross pay disparity between the few richest compared to the poor, etc. Bad news after bad news. By the time she pointed out some of the things the Country could do to turn things around, my mind was numb. Also, many of the recommendations sound good, but I didn't see any quick fixes in them. ( ) I've read several books about the recent recession and economic collapse, and this wasn't one of the best. I've heard most, if not nearly all, of the information presented here before; perhaps it would be a better read if you haven't read more than a book or two about the current economic climate. And Ms. Huffington spends a lot of time plugging her own site (I lost track of how many times the Huffington Post was mentioned). Still, the author is right: something has to be done, and soon. It's obvious to anyone that "trickle down economics" has failed spectacularly, and the middle class of America (as well as the poor) are suffering because of it. But I have too little faith in our politicians, and our society, to do anything to remedy the situation. We seem to be content, on a large part, to just bury our heads in the sand. It makes me afraid for our country. I read this for a bookgroup I'm in. It wasn't a book I'd choose to read on my own, but it looked somewhat interesting so I thought I'd give it a go, on audiobook. The first half of the book was a big turn-off. It seemed like a big compilation of news events for the past several years. Not too many original ideas or stories, just sad stories about the middle class of America being pushed towards poverty and those who have money making even more. And Arianna Huffington promotes her own Web site entirely too much. The last third of the book focuses on solutions. I think this should have been the focus of the entire book. It would have been more original and intriguing to read. The solutions Huffington proposes aren't entirely stellar, but they do give food for thought. If this had been the entire focus of the book, perhaps it could have been developed even better. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:Itâ??s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player. That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation. The evidence is all around us: Our industrial base is vanishing, taking with it the kind of jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy for more than a century; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrowâ??s workforce to acquire the information and training it needs to land good twenty-first century jobs; our infrastructureâ??our roads, our bridges, our sewage and water, our transportation and electrical systemsâ??is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is broken, in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkbook to control both parties. And Americaâ??s middle class, the driver of so much of our economic success and political stability, is rapidly disappearing, forcing us to confront the fear that we are slipping as a nation â?? that our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did. Itâ??s the dark flipside of the American Dream â?? an American Nightmare of our own making. Arianna Huffington, who, with the must-read Huffington Post, has her finger on the pulse of America, unflinchingly tracks the gradual demise of America as an industrial, political, and economic leader. In the vein of her fiery bestseller Pigs at the Trough, Third World America points fingers, names names, and details whoâ??s killing the American Dream. Finally, calling on the can-do attitude that is part of Americaâ??s DNA, Huffington shows precisely what we need to do to stop our freefall and keep America from turning into a third world nation. Third World America is a must-read for anyone disturbed by our countryâ??s steady descent from 20th century superpo Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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