There is nothing “normal” about a nation having a middle class, even though it is vital to the survival of democracy. As twenty-three years of conservative economic policies have now shown millions of un- and underemployed Americans, what’s “normal” in a “free and unfettered” economy is the rapid evolution of a small but fabulously wealthy [...]
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Review by Thom Hartmann, originally published at buzzflash.com on June 8, 2004