{"product_id":"third-world-america-9780307719966","title":"Third World America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player.  That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe evidence is all around us:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOur industrial base is vanishing, taking with it the kind of jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy for more than a century; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrow’s workforce to acquire the information and training it needs to land good twenty-first century jobs; our infrastructure—our roads, our bridges, our sewage and water, our transportation and electrical systems—is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is broken, in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkboo","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524739834199,"sku":"9780307719966","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307719966.jpg?v=1731857951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/third-world-america-9780307719966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}