WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM?

From the Pulitzer Prize winner, the New York Times bestselling author and PBS Frontline reporter comes the remarkable, step-by-step story of how the American Dream was dismantled over the past forty years by a series of landmark legislative, electoral, and corporate decisions. Through stories of people, Smith also shows how Americans are faring today; and explores what we can do, together, to recreate the American Dream.

Just how, and when, did the American Dream become almost impossible for you and me to achieve? Hedrick Smith shows how, starting in 1971, the average American lost economic and political power, as a combination of pro-business politics and economics began to chip away, sometimes silently, at middle class chances of success. He traces the pivotal steps of decline, matching revealing people stories with sharp, insightful analyses that chart decisions that went largely unnoticed and did irreparable damage to our country. Smith has woven together the gripping political, economic and historical story of America over the past forty years, and shows us people coping. He explores what we can do now, in this masterful work about America today, by a great print and TV journalist.