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The State of Working America, 2008/2009

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The State of Working America is a fact based overview of income, wealth and job benefit trends in our economy. It provides excellent

perspective to any discussion of what we need to do if we are intend to rebuild our middle class standard of living. The data come

from various US government sources and are intelligently presented and reviewed.

The facts about trends in income and availability of employer provided health insurance puts our current health care debate into clearer

perspective. Sadly, both political parties are doing their best to avoid confronting the real situation, which is not pretty.

If you want to understand how we're doing as a people, read this book. An excellent companion book on why our middle class is eroding

and why income and wealth in this county are continuing to skew to a very small group of Americas is James K. Galbraith's "The Predator

State". Galbraith, an economist and son of the great John Kenneth Galbraith, tackles these issues: "what the rise in inequality is all about",

"the inadequacy of making markets work", "the need for planning" and "there is no such thing as free trade". The "State of Working America"

provides a detailed description of how Americans are doing economically and "The Predator State" describes how political and corporate power

elites are driving increasing inequalities in income, wealth and job benefits.

Together, these books are an excellent antidote to the ideological screeds and political smokescreens that dominate our mainstream media.

The book shipped pretty quickly! Also, it is in great condition for being used! Only the cover has some wear to it, but the inside pages are like new. :)