{"product_id":"third-world-america-how-our-politicians-are-abandoning-the-middle-class-and-betraying-the-american-dream","title":"Third World America How Our Politicians are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream","description":"It’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player.  That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The evidence is all around us:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Our industrial base is vanishing, taking with it the kind of jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy for more than a century; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrow’s workforce to acquire the information and training it needs to land good twenty-first century jobs; our infrastructure—our roads, our bridges, our sewage and water, our transportation and electrical systems—is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is broken, in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkbook to control both parties.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And America’s middle class, the driver of so much of our economic success and political stability, is rapidly disappearing, forcing us to confront the fear that we are slipping as a nation – that our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s the dark flipside of the American Dream – an American Nightmare of our own making.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Arianna Huffington, who, with the must-read\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, has her finger on the pulse of America, unflinchingly tracks the gradual demise of America as an industrial, political, and economic leader.  In the vein of her fiery bestseller\u003ci\u003ePigs at the Trough\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003eThird World America\u003c\/i\u003epoints fingers, names names, and details who’s killing the American Dream.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Finally, calling on the can-do attitude that is part of America’s DNA, Huffington shows precisely what we need to do to stop our freefall and keep America from turning into a third world nation.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThird World America\u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read for anyone disturbed by our country’s steady descent from 20th century superpower to backwater banana republic.","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780307719829-001","offer_id":43737837961277,"sku":"9780307719829-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/14938663482297.jpg?v=1790696910","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/third-world-america-how-our-politicians-are-abandoning-the-middle-class-and-betraying-the-american-dream","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}