Copyright © 2016 by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952– author. Title: People get ready: the fight against a jobless economy and a citizenless democracy / Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols.

Description: New York: Nation Books, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015040784

Subjects: LCSH: United States--Economic conditions--2009- | United States—Social conditions. | United States—Politics and

government—2009–

    | Democracy--United States. | Labor—United States. | Technological innovations—Economic aspects—United States.

Classification: LCC HC106.84 .M3973 2016 | DDC 320.973—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040784

ISBN: 978-1-56858-522-2 (e-book)

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