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Disposable Americans : extreme capitalism and the case for a guaranteed income / Paul Buchheit.
Lippincott Library HC110.I5 B795 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchheit, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Critical interventions (Boulder, Colo.)
- Critical interventions : politics, culture, and the promise of democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basic income--United States.
- Basic income.
- Working poor.
- United States.
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- Capitalism--United States.
- Capitalism.
- Labor--United States.
- Labor.
- Working poor--United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--2009-.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Economic policy--2009-.
- Economic policy.
- Economic history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 172 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 Workers 6
- The Past: Downtrodden Laborers 6
- Workers in the Present Day 13
- Personal Stories of the Underemployed 16
- 2 Why We Need a Guaranteed Income. Soon. 20
- 3 Children 28
- The Past: Pennsylvania Breaker Boys 28
- The Present: Disposable Children 31
- Children, Personally 35
- 4 The Poor 41
- The Past: The Wrath of Poverty 41
- The Present Day: The Living Poor 44
- The Poor, Personally 52
- 5 Everyone Deserves an Income 59
- 6 African-Americans 63
- Our Shameful Past 63
- The Present: Economic Lynching 70
- Race: Personal 72
- 7 Racism and Narcissism 76
- 8 The Sick and the Elderly 80
- The Past: Flu and Polio 80
- The Present: The Middle Class Getting Sicker 84
- Personal Stories 88
- 9 Extreme Capitalism: Preying on the Sick and Retirees 93
- 10 Youth 101
- The Past: Depression-Era Youth 101
- The Present: The Struggles of Young Adults 105
- The Personal Stories of Young People 109
- 11 Guaranteed Jobs 115
- 12 Women 117
- The Past: A War for Gender Equality 117
- The Present: Women Still Beaten Down 121
- Personal Stories of Women in America 123
- 13 A Tale of Extremes 129
- 14 Soldiers 133
- The Past: The Horrors of War 134
- The Present: Disposable Victims of War 140
- Personal: Soldiers 143
- 15 Americide 148
- 16 The Case for a Guaranteed Income 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138671751
- 1138671754
- 9781138671768
- 1138671762
- OCLC:
- 962322774
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