Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do About It

The American middle class is on its deathbed. Ordinary folks who put in a solid day's work can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. If you're not a CEO, you're probably screwed. Air America host Thom Hartmann shows how the American middle class that was so carefully constructed by our country's founding fathers has been systematically dismantled over the past quarter-century, and, under the guise of "freeing" the market, replaced by a system designed to line the pockets of the super-rich and corporations. Now expanded with a new chapter on immigration and a new afterword by Greg Palast, this highly acclaimed bestseller shows that it's not too late to restore the middle class to the institution that once made America the envy of the world.