Rich, Broke and SICK of It

In the richest nation in history, 37 percent of adults cannot cover a $400 emergency and 45 percent have no retirement savings. Henry Goodstone names the specific mechanisms that move money away from the people who produced it, in dollars, with sources, from overdraft and job lock to the toll booths hidden inside healthcare, housing and everyday complexity. One question runs through every arrangement: is this good for Americans. The book is an account of where the money actually goes, and the choices that keep sending it up.