Americans have long been proud of the strength and robustness of their economy. But the truth is economic inequality in the United States is now closer to a third-world country than to their first-world peers, and is growing. Many things have been blamed for these failuresglobalization, outsourcing, economic cycles, weakening education, and so onbut the reality is that the failure of their economy stems directly from a set of political and economic choices voters have made
since the early 1980s. This isnt about the size of government or social welfare programs. And it isnt about left versus rightprudent Australia, for example, had a right-wing government for many years and is ranked by the Heritage Foundation as far more free than the United States. Its about policies on wages and corporate governance that have converted globalization to nationwide family prosperity and have been proven over decades to generate superior results.
