ITEM OVERVIEW
In this short but powerful book of interlinked essays, noted cultural critic Prashad examines the contradictions of the American economy. He assesses a range of related issues: the oft-vaunted US economy, propped up by the rising debt of poor and middle class workers; welfare policies that punish those attempting to escape the grip of debt and poverty; and a prison industry that regulates and houses the unemployed, as well as a reserve army of laborers. By making crystal-clear connections between the economy, welfare reform, and the profit-driven prison industrial complex, Prashad offers a vision for a sustainable and vital anti-imperialist movement.
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