'How is it that Americans have become poorer and poorer over recent decades? Author James Angresano is back, relying upon his rich background in Comparative Economics to establish the roots of our decline. He establishes that the American economy has indeed evolved. Through the evolution of our institutions we are now subjects of a new regime, what Angresano describes as the CWE. This is short for the Corporate Welfare Economy. And, the emergence of this institution is what has left the earnest and hard working Americans waiting and hoping that some crumbs might fall to us from the corporate table.' Professor John Hall, Portland State University, USA
