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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:Myths of rich & poor :why we're better off than we think
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Popular wisdom holds that the years since 1973—the end of the “postwar miracle”—have been a time of economic decline and stagnation: lackluster productivity, falling real wages, and lost competitiveness. The rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and most of us have barely held on while watching all the best jobs disappear overseas.As Myths of Rich and Poor demonstrates, this picture is not just wrong, it’s spectacularly wrong. The hard numbers, simple facts, and iconoclastic arguments of this book will change the way you think about the American economy. Book News Annotation:Tries to show that the pessimism about the American economy is
unfounded, that the economy has, in fact, been working better than
ever. With jargon and graphs aimed to persuade, the book claims the
following are not true: American's living standards have been
falling; both adults have to work to maintain a good standard of
living; American workers are no longer as productive as they once
were; and, as companies ship manufacturing jobs overseas, the U.S. is
left with inferior service jobs. The writers, a bank vice-president
and business reporter, refer primarily to surveys, magazine articles,
and statistics.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews@booknews.com) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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