Here is a short select bibliography of recent articles, books, and documents that illustrate the sorry state of the United States and world economies and various causes of concentration of wealth and income at the top, job loss and wage stagnation, and the effects of race-to-the-bottom globalization.
Short Bibliography of Recent Books and Articles on US and World Economic Issues
Bakan, Joel. The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. New York: Free, 2005. Print.
Bernstein, Jared. “Small Isn’t Always Beautiful.” The New York Times. 23 Oct. 2011. Web.
Brown, Sherrod. Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed. New York: New, 2004. Print.
Capelli, Peter. “Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need.” Wall Street Journal. 23 Oct. 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576596630897409182.html>.
Fletcher, Ian. Free Trade Doesn’t Work, 2011 Edition: What Should Replace It and Why. [S.l.]: Coalition For A, 2011. Print.
Hira, Ron, and Anil Hira. Outsourcing America What’s behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs. New York: AMACOM, 2008. Print.
Kocieniewski, David. “G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether.” The New York Times. 24 Mar. 2011. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html>.
Krugman, Paul. “The Hole in Europ’s Bucket.” The New York Times. 23 Oct. 2011. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/opinion/the-hole-in-europes-bucket.html>.
Krugman, Paul. “The Path Not Taken.” New York Times. 27 Oct. 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/opinion/krugman-the-path-not-taken.html>.
Linebaugh, Kate. “Lean Companies Ready to Cut – WSJ.com.” Business News & Financial News – The Wall Street Journal – Wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal, 24 Oct. 2011. Web. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203911804576649093203840446.html>.
Pollin, Robert. “18 Million Jobs by 2012.” The Nation. The Nation. 10 Mar. 2010. Web. <http://www.thenation.com/article/18-million-jobs-2012>.
Scott, Robert E. “Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs.” Economic Policy Institute. 23 Mar. 2011. Web. <http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp260/>.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2010. Print.
Thomas, Stuart. “Apple Announces $81.1-billion Hoard, Lobbies for US Tax-break.” Memeburn. 19 Oct. 2011. Web. <http://memeburn.com/2011/10/apple-announces-81-1-million-hoard-lobbies-for-us-tax-break/>.
“Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007.” Congressional Budget Office (www.cbo.gov/). Congress of the United States – Congressional Budget Office, Oct. 2011. Web. <http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12485/10-25-HouseholdIncome.pdf>.
Tseng, Nin-Hai. “Corporate Cash Hoarding Isn’t Sustainable – Aug. 2, 2010.” CNNMoney – Business, Financial and Personal Finance News. 02 Aug. 2010. Web. <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/02/news/economy/corporate_cash_hoarding.fortune/index.htm>.
Wolf, Martin. “The Big Questions Raised by Anti-capitalist Protests.” Financial Times. 27 Oct. 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/86d8634a-ff34-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html>.