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Gordon Lafer - The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time - 9781501703065 - V9781501703065
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The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time

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Description for The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22, 1 black & white halftones, 5 maps, 2 black & white tables, 14 charts. BIC Classification: JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all fifty state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.In an era of growing economic insecurity, it turns out that one of the main reasons ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501703065
SKU
V9781501703065
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99-1

About Gordon Lafer
Gordon Lafer is Associate Professor at the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon. He is the author of The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time and The Job Training Charade, both from Cornell. He has served as Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Congress and has been called to ... Read more

Reviews for The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time
[T]he good news is that much of the conservative and corporate agenda recounted by The One Percent Solution is highly unpopular. Large majorities of adults, even Republicans, support efforts to take care of the environment, bolster social programs for families and children, improve our nation's infrastructure, and expand labor rights, even union rights. The bad news is that opponents to ... Read more

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