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008			161027s2017 nyu 001 0 eng
010			_a 2016036582
020			_a9781633883055 (hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aHC106.84 _b.S59 2017
082	0	0	_a330.973 _223
100	1		_aSlavin, Stephen L.,
245	1	4	_aThe great American economy : _bhow inefficiency broke it and what we can do to fix it / _cSteve Slavin.
264		1	_aAmherst, New York : _bPrometheus Books, _c2017.
300			_a414 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aPart 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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y2009-
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic policy _y2009-
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1980-
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial policy _y1993-
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSlavin, Stephen L., author. _tGreat American economy _dAmherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017 _z9781633883062 _w(DLC) 2016050164
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