This is about how risk has shifted onto the shoulders of the US worker over the past 3+ decades. This is a chronicle of the rise of insecurity and despair in America since the 1970's. The depth and breadth of the erosion of people's financial security over the past few decades, in its many varied forms, is simply breathtaking.

It contains many interesting facts, statistics, explanations, graphs, references and arguments. Blood-boiling but telling examples of abuse of power, selfishness, deceit and woe abound. This book covers many under reported and troubling aspects of how our decaying social contract has fallen victim to protracted assault from the monied Right. It tells us where we are, how we got here, where we ought to go and how to get there. An unsettling but enlightening read.