Health & Fitness
America: What Went Wrong?
In 1991, Barlett and Steel wrote a book, "America: What Went Wrong", explaining what is now apparent to everyone in the middle class in America. They are now updating their findings.
In 1991, Barlett and Steele wrote a 9-part newspaper series called America: What Went Wrong. The series became a best-selling book, one that explained for the first time what had happened to working people in America, and why.
Twenty years later, Barlett and Steele have set out to tell the story of why Americans’ economic lives continue to deteriorate. Barlett and Steele are writing a new book based on their findings, offering a comprehensive look at the economic, labor and government forces from the 1970s through 2010, four full decades, that have impacted so many Americans.
America: What Went Wrong? is a solid indictment of how the rulemakers in Washington and the dealmakers on Wall Street have changed the rules of the game to favor the privileged, the powerful, and the influential — at the expense of everyone else.
