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The Wolf at the Door - The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It (Hardcover)
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The Wolf at the Door - The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It (Hardcover)
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The acclaimed authors of Death by a Thousand Cuts argue that
Americans care less about inequality than about their own
insecurity. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro propose realistic
policies and strategies to make lives and communities more secure.
This is an age of crisis. That much we can agree on. But a crisis
of what? And how do we get out of it? Many on the right call for
tax cuts and deregulation. Others on the left rage against the top
1 percent and demand wholesale economic change. Voices on both
sides line up against globalization: restrict trade to protect
jobs. In The Wolf at the Door, two leading political analysts argue
that these views are badly mistaken. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro
focus on what really worries people: not what the rich are making
but rather their own insecurity and that of people close to them.
Americans are concerned about losing what they have, whether jobs,
status, or safe communities. They fear the wolf at the door. The
solution is not protectionism or class warfare but a return to the
hard work of building coalitions around realistic goals and
pursuing them doggedly through the political system. This, Graetz
and Shapiro explain, is how earlier reformers achieved meaningful
changes, from the abolition of the slave trade to civil rights
legislation. The authors make substantial recommendations for
increasing jobs, improving wages, protecting families suffering
from unemployment, and providing better health insurance and child
care, and they guide us through the strategies needed to enact
change. These are achievable reforms that would make Americans more
secure. The Wolf at the Door is one of those rare books that not
only diagnose our problems but also show us how we can address
them.
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