Sabotage

In this explosive election-year book, Daniel Altman, author of "Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble With America's Future", reveals how the Republican Party sabotaged America's recovery in the aftermath of its worst downturn in decades. Altman traces the Republican's actions and rhetoric from the moment they took control of the House of Representatives in the election of 2010. At every opportunity, they thwarted policies that could have helped the economy to regain its...
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In this explosive election-year book, Daniel Altman, author of "Neoconomy: George Bush's Revolutionary Gamble With America's Future", reveals how the Republican Party sabotaged America's recovery in the aftermath of its worst downturn in decades. Altman traces the Republican's actions and rhetoric from the moment they took control of the House of Representatives in the election of 2010. At every opportunity, they thwarted policies that could have helped the economy to regain its strength. They even tried to stop the Federal Reserve from stepping in to act where Congress had not. All of their actions served to advance one goal: the defeat of President Barack Obama in the election of 2012. Everyone knew that if the unemployment rate stayed high, the president would face a tough fight for re-election. The Republicans did everything they could to make that fight tougher, and the American people suffered enormously as a result. "SABOTAGE" reveals how the Republicans forced average Americans to pay the price for the their political ambitions, and the hypocrisy that underpinned their every move. He also exposes the devastating effects the Republicans' policies would have on the American economy if they were to regain the White House in 2012. Altman is a former economics columnist for The New York Times and The Economist. He also served as an economic advisor in the British government. He currently teaches economics at New York University's Stern School of Business and is also chief economist of the website Big Think.