Ours Was the Shining Future
Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. Drawing on decades of writing about the economy for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer David Leonhardt tells the story of the modern American economy as an ongoing battle between two competing forms of capitalism: one that envisions prosperity for most, and one that serves the individual and favors the wealthy. In vivid prose, this book how democratic capitalism flourished to make the American dream possible, until the latter decades of the twentieth century when, bit by bit, the dream was corrupted to serve only the privileged few. And though the American dream feels lost to us now, Leonhardt shows how Americans—if they commit themselves to transforming the economy, as they did in the past—have the power to revive the dream once more.
  • Publisher: Random House US
  • Publication date: 22/10/2024
  • ISBN: 9780812983333
  • Page extent: 528
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dimensions: 204 mm x 133 mm
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