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Oct 09, 2012 smith will join us to discuss and sign his important new book who stole the american dream. Description of the book who stole the american dream. Hedrick smith, signing his book who stole the american dream. In the power game, he took us inside washingtons corridors. Hedrick smiths latest book asks a question in its title. But the longer answer is one heck of a story, told by one of the great journalists of our time. The book describes the consolidation of wealth in the united states, and the dismantling of the middle. This is the authors analysis of how we got to the haves and have nots and does show a little bias towards a liberal lean. However, as a fiscal conservative, i thoroughly enjoyed the book for its content, as i always take a grain of salt when. Sep 11, 2012 pulitzer prize winner hedrick smiths new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eyeopening account of how, over the past four decades, the american dream has been dismantled and we became two americas. One of the greatest journalists of our time, hedrick smith, analyzes the decline of the american middle class and the crumbling of the countrys. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read who stole the american dream.
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