The American Future - Softcover
Looks at what lies ahead for the American economy, energy policy, health care, politics, and international relations, and proposes the direction the nation must take
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- PublisherPocket
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0671442678
- ISBN 13 9780671442675
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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American Future, The
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Washington Square Press - Pocket Books, a Simon & Schuster division of Gulf & Western Corporation, New York
(1982)
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ISBN 13: 9780671442675
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Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Second Edition 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. UPDATED AND EXPANDED. A PIONEERING STRATEGY FOR CHANGE - IN THE 80'S AND BEYOND. SUB-TITLE: New Visions Beyond the Reagan Administration. FRONT COVER PHOTO (WITH THEN-WIFE JANE FONDA): Anne Marie Staas. CONTENTS: Introduction 1. American Identity: The Frontiers of Custer and Thoreau 2. Economy: Human Solutions to Inflation and Recession 3. Energy: Toward a Solar Society 4. Health: Preventing Corporate Cancer 5. Power: Economic Democracy or a Corporate State 6. Global View: The Frontier of Peace 7. Possibilities for the Eighties 8. Ronald Reagan: The Frontier Restored?; Notes. SYNOPSIS: IN A PENETRATING CRITIQUE OF PUBLIC POLICY, TOM HAYDEN PRESENTS BOLD AND PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES - AND NEW HOPE - TO ALL AMERICANS. Tom Hayden offers a clear, cogent, passionately argued analysis of the current American crises - from dwindling energy resources and our failure to develop an effective solar energy system, to the increasing concentration of corporate power, public health policy, global affairs, even the nature of American identity in a changing world. For all of us who sense the need for new priorities, who are tired of doing with less so that big business can have more, who demand more power in making the decisions that affect our lives - there is a choice. A choice that can change our focus - from scrambling for fewer and fewer jobs and possessions, to rebuilding the quality of life, work and community. - and - IN AMERICA TODAY . . . HEALTH CARE: Many officers of established cancer research centers also serve on the boards of petrochemical and pharmaceutical companies. Current statistics estimate that one out of four Americans will be diagnosed as having cancer in his or her lifetime - it was one out of twenty-five in 1900. ENERGY: The present generation could consume 80% of all the oil and gas left on earth. American society annually throws away: 11 million tons of iron and steel; 38 billion bottles and jars; 17 billion cans; 7.6 million TV sets; 7 million automobiles. CORPORATE POWER: 1% of all shareholders own 72% of all corporate stock. 99.7% of corporate elections are uncontested. The top 5% of all Americans hold 55% of the net private wealth, while the bottom majority - 60% - get only 7.5%. During the past decade, corporations made a 1,000% increase in their total campaign budgets across the country and employed 15,000 corporate lobbyists in Washington alone. TOM HAYDEN CONFRONTS THESE - AND MANY OTHER - URGENT ISSUES OF OUR TIMES. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 001384
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The American Future: New Visions Beyond the Reagan Administration
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 418 pages. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. The cover is a little worn and torn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Seller Inventory # 163540
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Book Description Condition: Good. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. There is light highlighting or handwriting throughout the book. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing The cover has visible markings and wear. This is a paperback copy There are some creases on the spine Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!. Seller Inventory # 5D4W940004P2_ns
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