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English
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The U.S. senator and former presidential candidate offers a progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and presents a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like.
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Language
English
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor.
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Publisher
Film Buff
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Michael Ruppert, a different kind of American. A former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter, he predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter, From the Wilderness, at a time when most Wall Street and Washington analysts were still in denial. Director Chris Smith has shown an affinity for outsiders in films like American Movie and The Yes Men.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers...
5) I.O.U.S.A
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Faced with key deficits in budget, savings, trade and leadership, increased foreign competition and ballooning financial obligations, the federal government is critically overextended. With the economy already in shambles, 78 million baby boomers are now expecting retirement benefits from their indebted federal government. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews with Warren...
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 72 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the unforgettable story of the 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during the Great Depression"--Container.
Publisher
Mercury Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Beck and Haskins expose an international conspiracy between powerful bankers, business leaders, and government officials. It's a plan to "reset" the global economy, and it would put substantially more economic and social power in the hands of large corporations, international institutions, banks, and government officials, including Joe Biden and the members of the World Economic Forum. Beck and Haskins show that the way to stop the Great Reset is...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession, it is clear that black America faces an emergency-- even though the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe we've solved America's race problem. Glaude argues that we live in a country founded on the premise that white lives are valued more than...
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