The economics of inequality -- The politics of inequality -- The funding and biases of American politics -- History and reform efforts -- The problem of government -- The need for public financing -- Organizing for democracy

"The people who run our government are affected by money just like the rest of us. Over the years, many of these officials have worried about meeting mortgage payments, holding off creditors, and avoiding bankruptcy. Others made fortunes by devoting their time to supervising their business...

The Reagan and Bush years left us with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance our budget deficit against our social deficit. This book takes up the urgent question of how, in a time of budgetary stringency, we can meet the pent-up demand for spending on our nation's neglected poor, ill, and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Underpinnings, Precursors, and Development of the NIRA -- 3. The NIRA Code Negotiation Process -- 4. The President's Reemployment Agreement of August 1933 -- 5. Codes of Fair Competition: Industrial Planning and Collusion under the NIRA...