{"product_id":"understanding-the-crash-9781593762728","title":"Understanding the Crash","description":"\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Crash\u003c\/i\u003e starts with a simple question that still haunts us all: What has happened to the world economy? With the kind of striking precision that only graphic nonfiction can provide, Seth Tobocman and Eric Laursen explain just how we got into this mess -- and how we can get out of it.\u003cbr\u003eLooking back across more than a quarter century, the authors outline the roots of our current economic crisis. They show how the troubles of a working-class community in Cleveland or a newly built suburb of Miami became an international financial crisis, explaining the complex new forms of credit that came into being because of financial deregulation, and how they created an economic whirlpool. From there they discuss how, over the same time span, a smaller and smaller group of people came to control a larger and larger percentage of the world's money -- a result of rising inequality that, combined with the shortage of affordable housing, a decline in real wages, and our unwavering belief in an \"ownership society,\" impelled poor people into debt. Tobocman and Laursen conclude with a consideration of a restructured financial system and a look toward a culture of sustainability -- one that covets real wealth in the form of security, meaningful work, and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.06w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2010 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seth Tobocman, Eric Laursen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230753751221,"sku":"9781593762728","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_db7bdd28-7901-4970-9e8c-dc260eabcd28.jpg?v=1750170074","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/understanding-the-crash-9781593762728","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}