01985cam a2200337 i 4500 626143850 TxAuBib 20101026120000.0 100625s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010026871 9780307719829 0307719820 (OCoLC)609529688 TXAAL eng rda TXAAL TxAuBib rda Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos, 1950- Third World America : how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the American dream / Arianna Huffington. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. xi, 276 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index. 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 jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrow's workforce to land good 21st century jobs; our infrastructure is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkbook to control both parties. Our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did. Finally, she shows what we need to do to stop our freefall.--From publisher description. 20101026. United States Economic policy 2009- United States Economic conditions 2009- United States Social policy 1993- United States Politics and government 2009- TXAAL