{"product_id":"9780300137804","title":"The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy","description":"Norton Garfinkle paints a disquieting picture of America today: a nation increasingly divided between economic winners and losers, a nation in which the middle-class American Dream seems more and more elusive. Recent government policies reflect a commitment to a new supply-side winner-take-all Gospel of Wealth. Garfinkle warns that this supply-side economic vision favors the privileged few over the majority of American citizens striving to better their economic condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarfinkle employs historical insight and data-based economic analysis to demonstrate compellingly the sharp departure of the supply-side Gospel of Wealth from an American ideal that dates back to Abraham Lincoln—the vision of America as a society in which ordinary, hard-working individuals can get ahead and attain a middle-class living, and in which government plays an active role in expanding opportunities and ensuring against economic exploitation. Supply-side economic policies increase economic disparities and, Garfinkle insists, they fail on technical, factual, moral, and political grounds. He outlines a fresh economic vision, consonant with the great American tradition of ensuring strong economic growth, while preserving the middle-class American Dream.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157470691568,"sku":"9780300137804","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780300137804_p0.jpg?v=1763669873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780300137804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}