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Aftershock : the next economy and America's future / Robert B. Reich.

by Reich, Robert B.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-

United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.

United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Forecasting.

9780307592811 (alk. paper)

0307592812 (alk. paper)

x, 174 p. graphs ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the pendulum -- Pt. 1, the broken bargain -- Eccles's insight -- Parallels -- The basic bargain -- How concentrated income at the top hurts the economy -- Why policymakers obsess about the financial economy instead of about the real one -- The great prosperity : 1947-1975 -- How we got ourselves into the same mess again -- How Americans kept buying anyway : the three coping mechanisms -- The future without coping mechanisms -- Why China won's save us -- No return to normal -- Part ii, backlash -- The 2020 election -- The politics of economics, 2010-2020 -- Why can't we be content with less? -- The pain of economic loss -- Adding insult to injury -- Outrage at a rigged game -- The politics of anger -- Part iii, the bargain restored -- What should be done, a new deal for the middle class -- How it could get done.

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