Title: Survival of the richest : how the corruption of the marketplace created the greatest conspiracy of all /
Authors: Jeffries, Donald, 1956-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Wealth Moral and ethical aspects United States.; Social stratification United States.; Power (Social sciences) United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.; Economic history; Politics and government.; Power (Social sciences); Social stratification; Wealth Moral and ethical aspects; United States Economic conditions; United States Politics and government; United States
Abstract: "Survival of the Richest scrutinizes how the collective wealth of America has been channeled from the poor and middle class into the hands of a few elitists. American industry has been gutted, with wages and benefits stagnant or reduced, thanks to disastrous trade deals, outsourcing, and the crippling of unions. The Occupy Wall Street movement, and the presidential campaigns of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, reveals how more and more people who are struggling understand that the system is rigged against them. While Americans have been trained to direct their scorn at welfare recipients and the poor in general, a tiny handful of plutocratic elites have profited on an unfathomable scale through corporate welfare and other perks. Unimaginable salaries and bonuses for the One Percent, contrasted by layoffs and reduced pay for the majority of the workforce, along with increasing calls for austerity measures and lowered standards of living, has become the 'new normal' in America. Donald Jeffries argues that this record economic inequality is more than an unintended consequence of globalism. In Survival of the Richest, he shows how the consolidation of wealth may well prove to be the greatest conspiracy of all."--Amazon.com.
Contents: Are they worth it? -- Deindustrialization and free trade -- Part-time jobs -- Special perks of the wealthy -- Hating the poor -- Huey Long -- Does anyone even care? -- How failure keeps succeeding -- The third-world standard -- Natural talent -- The good old days -- Why what pays what -- Profits before progress -- Keeping the masses down -- The best and the brightest -- No admissions, no gratitude -- The future of wealth distribution.