

The Selling the American Economy
How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Author: Micheline Maynard
Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 11/23/2009
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics
Synopsis
Is the influence that foreign companies are exerting on our economy making us more competitive in the global marketplace, or less? Creating jobs for Americans, or importing their own workforces? A threat to our national security, or are they bringing us technology that makes us safer? When they open factories here, are they siphoning money from our economy, or bolstering it? Are we selling our economy to the highest bidder?
Micheline Maynard, New York Times senior business correspondent, argues that foreign investments are actually an overwhelmingly positive force, creating thousands of jobs, pumping billions of dollars into national and local economies, reinvigorating communities, fostering innovation and diversity in the marketplace, and teaching Americans new ways to live and work.
In this compelling narrative, Maynard paints a fascinating portrait of the paradigm shift that is transforming the American economy - and remaking the American dream.