The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America

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The myth of Ronald Reagans greatness has reached epic proportions in recent years. The public rates him as one of the most popular presidents, and Republicans everywhere seek to cast themselves in his image. But, William Kleinknecht reveals, much that has gone wrong in Americaincluding the subprime mortgage crisis and the meltdown of the financial sectorcan be traced directly to Reagans policies. Boom-and-bust cycles, CEO salaries, drug-company scandals, collapsing bridges, plummeting wages for working people, the flight of U. S. manufacturing abroadthese are all products of Reagans free-market zealotry and his gutting of the public sector. The Man Who Sold the World is the first book to explode the Reagan myth.

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"'A very well written, persuasive and compelling book... The book brings his policies into the contemporary world, explaining how the roots of a lot (if not all) of today's economic woes can be traced back (to varying degrees) to Reagan's economic policy of hyper-capitalism, deregulation and tax-cuts for the rich.' The Civilian Reader"

Author Bio

William Kleinknecht is a veteran crime correspondent for the Newark Star-Ledger. He previously covered the crime beat for the New York Daily News. The winner of awards from the Associated Press and the American Society of Professional Journalists, he has contributed to American Journalism Review, National Law Journal, and the Boston Phoenix. The author of New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, he lives in Glen Rock, New Jersey.