How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? This book answers this great economic question, revealing how today's government policies and spending benefit the wealthy. Johnston shows how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations quietly went into effect--thwarting competition, depressing wages, and rewarding misconduct. Revelations...

In just over a decade, revenues from gambling have grown from $2 billion a year to $10 billion. The immense profit potential of the gambling business has sucked in corporate giants like the Holiday Corporation and Ramada, Inc., both of which sold off their namesake hotel chains at the end of the 1980s and sank their resources into megacasinos. But as award-winning journalist David Johnston argues, no matter who deals the cards, the game is always...