The Betrayal of the American Dream (30 page)

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Authors: Donald L. Barlett,James B. Steele

Tags: #History, #Political Science, #United States, #Social Science, #Economic History, #Economic Policy, #Economic Conditions, #Public Policy, #Business & Economics, #Economics, #21st Century, #Comparative, #Social Classes

Other sources of information at the national level included the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the United States Trade Representative, the Foreign Agents Registration Unit Public Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Senate Records Office, the House Clerk’s Office, the Government Accountability Office, the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Inspector General’s Office,
Public Papers of the Presidents,
the
Congressional Record,
and congressional hearings related to trade, taxes, and other economic issues spanning more than half a century.

We also collected information from many associations, nonprofit organizations, court jurisdictions, and local government agencies, including the Association for Manufacturing Technology, Footwear Industries of America, the Aerospace Industries Association, the Institute for Policy Studies, Good Jobs First, the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing, the Offshoring Research Network, the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, the National Consumer Law Center, the Center for Responsible Lending, the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina, the California Reinvestment Coalition, the Lee County (Florida) Circuit Court, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, the Circuit Court of Van Buren County, Arkansas, and the Concord (California) Police Department.

As always, the libraries in many communities were vital in allowing us to access older records that haven’t been digitized, including the Free Library of Philadelphia, the American University Library, the Wayne County Public Library of Wooster, Ohio, and the Bob and Wauneta Burkley Library and Resource Center of DeWitt, Nebraska.

We benefited from the work of others who have also studied the impact of economic measures affecting the middle class. We want to single out the 2010 report, “Shifting Responsibility—How 50 Years of Tax Cuts Benefited the Wealthiest Americans,” by Chuck Collins, Allison Goldberg, and Sam Pizzigati. Published by Wealth for Common Good, a network of business leaders, high-income individuals, and others working to make the tax system fairer, “Shifting Responsibility” is a straightforward view of how tax policy has been hijacked by the rich.

While we used primary materials for the most part, some books and publications were invaluable. One of the most important books was
Manufacturing a Better Future for America
by Richard McCormack, Clyde Prestowitz, David Bourne, John Russo, Sherry Lee Linkon, Ron Hira, Irene Petrick, Peter Navarro, James Jacobs, and Michael Webber, published in 2009 by the Alliance for American Manufacturing. This is a compelling account of the systematic gutting of American manufacturing by American policymakers.

INDEX

Abramoff, Jack

Accenture

AdAge

Afghanistan

Aguiar, Jacob

Aguiar, John

Aguiar, Meghan

Aguiar, Syrena

Airline Deregulation Act

airline industry. S
ee
deregulation

Albaugh, Jim

Alcatel Data Networks

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Allen, Marc

America: What Went Wrong?

America’s Community Bankers

American Airlines

American Bankers Association

American Bridge Company

American Chung Nam

American dream

American Graduate School of Business, Switzerland

American Journalism Review

American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Americans for Prosperity

Ames Research Group

Anchor Hocking Glass Corp.

Andrews, Wright Jr.

Anheuser-Busch

Apple Inc.

Argentina

Arison, Micky

Arison, Shari

Arison, Ted

Armenia

Association of Flight Attendants

AT&T

Art Basel Miami

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlantic
,
The

Ave Maria, Florida

Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)

Badman, Randy

Bain Capital

Ballmer, Steve

Bank of America

Bank One Corporation

Banking industry

deregulation of

escapes prosecution

low taxes of

promotes U.S. as tax haven

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