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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... labor force . In- deed in the five years of the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005 , the economy created only 31,000 new jobs per month compared to 240,000 per month during the eight years of President Bill Clinton's administration ...
... labor force . In- deed in the five years of the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005 , the economy created only 31,000 new jobs per month compared to 240,000 per month during the eight years of President Bill Clinton's administration ...
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... labor , seen as a path to prosperity . “ To [ secure ] to each labourer the whole product of his labour , or as nearly as possible , ” he wrote , “ is a most wor- thy object of any good government . " The real evil of the south- ern ...
... labor , seen as a path to prosperity . “ To [ secure ] to each labourer the whole product of his labour , or as nearly as possible , ” he wrote , “ is a most wor- thy object of any good government . " The real evil of the south- ern ...
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... labor and get ahead . Lincoln understood that this purpose was challenged by the slave - based , aristo- cratic economic system of the southern states . It was this chal- lenge that created a house divided : virtually two separate na ...
... labor and get ahead . Lincoln understood that this purpose was challenged by the slave - based , aristo- cratic economic system of the southern states . It was this chal- lenge that created a house divided : virtually two separate na ...
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... a North Caro- lina plantation owner . His mentality was agrarian , at a time when the vast majority of Americans , landowners and labor- ers alike , were still engaged in agriculture . Where 38 The Origins of the American Dream.
... a North Caro- lina plantation owner . His mentality was agrarian , at a time when the vast majority of Americans , landowners and labor- ers alike , were still engaged in agriculture . Where 38 The Origins of the American Dream.
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... labor force , and a substantial ability to surround themselves with luxury in the private preserve of their plantations . The south- ern political mind increasingly viewed both tariffs and internal improvements as northern ideas . In ...
... labor force , and a substantial ability to surround themselves with luxury in the private preserve of their plantations . The south- ern political mind increasingly viewed both tariffs and internal improvements as northern ideas . In ...
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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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