The Privileged Few - Couverture rigide

Debenedictis, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1496954742 ISBN 13 : 9781496954749

Editeur : Authorhouse, 2014

Synopsis

This is a story of the class struggle between money, politics, and heart. In 1973, the wealthiest one percent of Americans owned only 13% of the country's assets. Those assets included the equity in homes, businesses, stocks, bonds and property. Forty years, three poorly conceived wars and two major financial disasters later, that figure has risen to nearly 50% at the expense of the average American. Where did this windfall of wealth come from and why did the real income and personal assets of the vast majority of working Americans decline during this same period? Were they just smarter ... or did they just outsmart us? Once thought of as the land of opportunity with a standard of living envied around the world, America has become the land of political manipulations and unconscionable acts in favor of a select few. This fact-based fiction novel tells the story of a generation of men and women who sought the elusive American Dream during the decline of the middle class and the deliberate war against those in poverty who can only afford to dream. R.R. DeBenedictis's story is told through the lives and adventures of four main characters, whom, although of diverse backgrounds, ideologies and social status, are influenced by the self-serving acts of those who want it all. Is this trend reversable or is America, as feared by the authors of our Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, on its way to becoming ruled by and for The Priviliged Few?

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Boston and grew up in South Boston to a blue collar family, DeBenedictis worked his way to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He began his career as a State environmental regulatory engineer serving a term as President of his employee union. In 1976 he received a Masters Degree in Engineering. Recruited into the private sector by a small local engineering firm, his entrepreneurial spirit was revealed when he took over the struggling company. In less than twelve years he guided it from a fifteen person local firm to a major northeast environmental engineering company with a staff of more than two hundred. In 1988, his company was recognized by INC. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing privately owned companies in the U.S. and by Engineering News Record as the 321st largest engineering firm in the country. In 1989, in the aftermath of more than 700 banks failing as a result of “Trickle Down Economics” he was forced to sell his company to pay a demand note to its troubled credit-line bank, which merged soon after with a larger bank. Within a year after losing everything to financial predators and without financing, he rebounded to create a new company. In less than two years and in a time of deep recession, he had twenty six employees, many of whom had also been unemployed. His story is not unique. It is shared by millions who believed in the American Dream, only to see it become the bounty of the Privilege Few. He walked the walk and now he talks the talk about how the past 50 years have impacted the lives of the average American in this fact-based fiction novel. Once touted by a mentor for his resiliency and perseverance, quitting has never been an option!

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a story of the class struggle between money, politics, and heart. In 1973, the wealthiest one percent of Americans owned only 13% of the country's assets. Those assets included the equity in homes, businesses, stocks, bonds and property. Forty years, three poorly conceived wars and two major financial disasters later, that figure has risen to nearly 50% at the expense of the average American. Where did this windfall of wealth come from and why did the real income and personal assets of the vast majority of working Americans decline during this same period? Were they just smarter . . . or did they just outsmart us? Once thought of as the land of opportunity with a standard of living envied around the world, America has become the land of political manipulations and unconscionable acts in favor of a select few. This fact–based fiction novel tells the story of a generation of men and women who sought the elusive American Dream during the decline of the middle class and the deliberate war against those in poverty who can only afford to dream. Richard DeBenedictis' story is told through the lives and adventures of four main characters, whom, although of diverse backgrounds, ideologies and social status, are influenced by the self-serving acts of those who want it all. Is this trend reversable or is America, as feared by the authors of our Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, on its way to becoming ruled by and for The Priviliged Few?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Authorhouse
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1496954742
• ISBN 13: 9781496954749
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 634
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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