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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... improvements- canals , bridges , and railroads . He believed in a strong national bank to stabilize the currency . As president , he presided over the vast federally underwritten expansion of the national rail- road system and provided ...
... improvements- canals , bridges , and railroads . He believed in a strong national bank to stabilize the currency . As president , he presided over the vast federally underwritten expansion of the national rail- road system and provided ...
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... improvement of condition to all . " 2 This was , for Lincoln , the American Dream , the raison d'être of America , and the unique contribution of America to world history . President Abraham Lincoln was the first American leader to ...
... improvement of condition to all . " 2 This was , for Lincoln , the American Dream , the raison d'être of America , and the unique contribution of America to world history . President Abraham Lincoln was the first American leader to ...
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... of major partisan political struggles over tariffs , “ internal improvements , " a national bank , and ultimately the issue of the expansion of slavery in the territories . These struggles 30 The Origins of the American Dream.
... of major partisan political struggles over tariffs , “ internal improvements , " a national bank , and ultimately the issue of the expansion of slavery in the territories . These struggles 30 The Origins of the American Dream.
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... improvements , a sound currency , or the expan- sion of a southern economy based on slavery , Lincoln's fealty was always to the system . In the final analysis , Lincoln did not fight the Civil War to end slavery , though that was the ...
... improvements , a sound currency , or the expan- sion of a southern economy based on slavery , Lincoln's fealty was always to the system . In the final analysis , Lincoln did not fight the Civil War to end slavery , though that was the ...
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... improvement system and a high protective tariff . ” 13 Lincoln's quip summarized the three key is- sues that divided the ... improvements . Lincoln entered politics as a Whig , in particular as a fol- lower of Henry Clay . Clay , senator ...
... improvement system and a high protective tariff . ” 13 Lincoln's quip summarized the three key is- sues that divided the ... improvements . Lincoln entered politics as a Whig , in particular as a fol- lower of Henry Clay . Clay , senator ...
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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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