Henry Carter Hull

Argues that the American economy's growth has slowed significantly since 1973 and that this change is a result of budget deficits, lower income levels, and intensified competition.

A comprehensive account of America's economic decline, while other countries such as China are experiencing growth.

Bill Clinton expresses his views on the challenges facing the United States and why government matters in the areas of economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, and resolving the mortgage crisis.

Argues that the financial crisis of 2008 was not caused by Wall Street but was a result of increasing wealth and income in the upper class while the middle and lower classes fell into debt in order to maintain a decent standard of living.

Social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s in the United States.

Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.

Henry M. Paulson, the former chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, describes the actions he took as the United States secretary of the treasury in an attempt to prevent a global financial crisis during the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Explains the author's belief that an economic crash will inevitably occur between 2012 and 2014, offering critical analysis and historical examples, and argues that the road to recovery will require debt restructuring, plans for greater employment, changes in social welfare programs, budget cuts, and higher taxes.

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and...

The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that, "their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live." Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable, moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic...