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Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream

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In her most recent and easy to read book, Arianna Huffington, co-founder of opinion maker Huffington Post and one of the most influential women of the USA, explores how inefficiently the governments in the USA are being run and how real is the threat that the USA can become a Third World country very soon. She attributes the current economic fiasco of the US simply to one aspect - successive US Governments being run under heavy influence of lobbies, financial and manufacturing cartels, special interest groups and the like.

She goes on to show how President Obama gave in to the same groups and did not invest in improving the crumbling infrastructure, school system, and encouraging bringing new ideas to the land by immigrants. But she does not paint a gloom and doom scenario altogether. She gives many encouraging examples of individuals, small businesses, and niche corporate players who are improving the lives in the USA without any help from the government.

So now I can defend my answer to the question I asked at the outset.

If Canadian politicians become pawns in the hands of special interest groups, such as price gouging gas companies, and the Central Bank decides to increase interest rate at its whim at a time when most Canadians have just moved into their new homes or have started new businesses under the encouragement of the Federal and provincial governments, like it did last few times, then there is a possibility that average Canadians will be hit too badly to recover at all.

I purchased this book for a business admin course I'm taking in university. I chose the book of a course list, the book was awesome! A great insight into the economy! As a Canadian, it made me realize how much better we have it than they do in the States. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about current events, and especially to someone who reads the Huffington Post, since the book is by the founder, Arianna Huffington. As well, if you're going to purchase this book, I recommend 110% you order from Better World Books, through Amazon. The book was brand new, cheap, and delivered promptly!!!