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008			140626s2014 nyu b 000 0 eng
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050	1	4	_aHN 59.2 _bH536l 2014
082	0	0	_a305.5/50973 _223
100	1		_aHerbert, Bob _q(Robert), _d1945-
245	1	0	_aLosing our way : _ban intimate portrait of a troubled America / _cBob Herbert.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bDoubleday, _c[2014]
300			_a283 p. ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-283).
505	0		_aFalling apart -- Falling apart II -- Jobs and the middle class -- War and its aftermath -- Understanding the costs of war -- Poverty and inequality -- The public schools -- Poverty and public education -- War's madness runs deep -- Hurricane Sandy and other disasters -- Cashing in on schools -- Mistreating the troops.
520			_a"In a searing indictment of America's decline, former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert profiles struggling Americans--casualties of decades of government policies that have produced underemployment, inequality, and pointless wars--and offers a ringing call to arms to restore justice and the American dream. The United States needs to be reimagined. Once described by Lincoln as the last best hope on earth, the country seemed on the verge of fulfilling its immense promise in the mid 1960s and early 1970s: unemployment was low, wages and profits were high, and the nation's wealth--by today's standards--was distributed in a remarkably equitable fashion. America was a society confident that it could bring a middle-class standard of living (at the very least) and the full rights of citizenship to virtually everyone. This sense of possibility has evaporated. In this book longtime New York Times columnist Bob Herbert combines devastating stories of suffering Americans with keen political analysis to show where decades of corporate greed, political apathy, and short-term thinking have led: America's infrastructure is crumbling, our schools fail our children, unnecessary wars maim our young men, and underemployment plagues a generation. He traces how the United States went wrong, exposing the slow, dangerous shift of political influence from the working population in the 1960s to the corporate and financial elite today, who act largely in their own self-interest. But the situation isn't entirely hopeless. Herbert argues that by tapping the creative ideas of people across the country who are implementing solutions at the local level, the middle class can reassert its power, put the economy back on track, and usher in a new progressive era"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"The United States needs to be reimagined. Once described by Lincoln as the last best hope on earth, the country seemed on the verge of fulfilling its immense promise in the mid 1960s and early 1970s: unemployment was low, wages and profits were high, and the nation's wealth--by today's standards--was distributed in a remarkably equitable fashion. America was a society confident that it could bring a middle-class standard of living (at the very least) and the full rights of citizenship to virtually everyone. This sense of possibility has evaporated. In this book longtime New York Times columnist Bob Herbert combines devastating stories of suffering Americans with keen political analysis to show where decades of corporate greed, political apathy, and short-term thinking have led: America's infrastructure is crumbling, our schools fail our children, unnecessary wars maim our young men, and underemployment plagues a generation. He traces how the United States went wrong, exposing the slow, dangerous shift of political influence from the working population in the 1960s to the corporate and financial elite today, who act largely in their own self-interest. But the situation isn't entirely hopeless. Herbert argues that by tapping the creative ideas of people across the country who are implementing solutions at the local level, the middle class can reassert its power, put the economy back on track, and usher in a new progressive era"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMiddle class _zUnited States.
650		4	_aClase media _zEstados Unidos. _91930
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1989-
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xCondiciones sociales _ySiglo XXI. _92135
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xCondiciones económicas _ySiglo XXI _91552
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _y1989- _92199
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