The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class EconomyYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 240 páginas Norton Garfinkle paints a disquieting picture of America today: a nation increasingly divided between economic winners and losers, a nation in which the middle-class American Dream seems more and more elusive. Recent government policies reflect a commitment to a new supply-side winner-take-all Gospel of Wealth. Garfinkle warns that this supply-side economic vision favors the privileged few over the majority of American citizens striving to better their economic condition.Garfinkle employs historical insight and data-based economic analysis to demonstrate compellingly the sharp departure of the supply-side Gospel of Wealth from an American ideal that dates back to Abraham Lincoln—the vision of America as a society in which ordinary, hard-working individuals can get ahead and attain a middle-class living, and in which government plays an active role in expanding opportunities and ensuring against economic exploitation. Supply-side economic policies increase economic disparities and, Garfinkle insists, they fail on technical, factual, moral, and political grounds. He outlines a fresh economic vision, consonant with the great American tradition of ensuring strong economic growth, while preserving the middle-class American Dream. |
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... Lincoln's Economics : The Origins of the American Dream 27 THREE The Gospel of Wealth 47 FOUR The Age of Reform 69 FIVE The Business of America Is Business 88 SIX The Renewal of the American Dream 107 SEVEN The New Gospel of Wealth 144 ...
... Lincoln's Economics : The Origins of the American Dream 27 THREE The Gospel of Wealth 47 FOUR The Age of Reform 69 FIVE The Business of America Is Business 88 SIX The Renewal of the American Dream 107 SEVEN The New Gospel of Wealth 144 ...
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... Lincoln was per- haps the first American leader to fully grasp that this condition of economic opportunity was , in ... Lincoln's view , precisely because it enabled humble individuals to attain an independent , middle - class standard ...
... Lincoln was per- haps the first American leader to fully grasp that this condition of economic opportunity was , in ... Lincoln's view , precisely because it enabled humble individuals to attain an independent , middle - class standard ...
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... Lincoln's words , was to “ clear the path ” for the individual's economic advancement . In the political debates of his day , Lincoln was firmly on the side of what today we would call activist government . He favored large government ...
... Lincoln's words , was to “ clear the path ” for the individual's economic advancement . In the political debates of his day , Lincoln was firmly on the side of what today we would call activist government . He favored large government ...
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... Lincoln's American Dream emphasized prosperity and advancement for the ordinary worker . The Gospel of Wealth promoted worship of the exceptional individual , the millionaire , the industrial magnate , as prosperity's engine . The ideal ...
... Lincoln's American Dream emphasized prosperity and advancement for the ordinary worker . The Gospel of Wealth promoted worship of the exceptional individual , the millionaire , the industrial magnate , as prosperity's engine . The ideal ...
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... Lincoln - Wilson perhaps most deliberately and self - consciously , in his references to Lincoln in campaign speeches during the election of 1912 . pres- In his State of the Union address in 1944 , President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt ...
... Lincoln - Wilson perhaps most deliberately and self - consciously , in his references to Lincoln in campaign speeches during the election of 1912 . pres- In his State of the Union address in 1944 , President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt ...
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4 The Age of Reform | 69 |
5 The Business of America Is Business | 88 |
6 The Renewal of the American Dream | 107 |
7 The New Gospel of Wealth | 144 |
SupplySide vs DemandSide Economics | 163 |
9 The Way Forward | 189 |
GDP Consumption Investment Employment Unemployment and Marginal Tax Rates 19512004 | 201 |
Notes | 205 |
Index | 221 |
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