Hedrick Smith is a bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, and Emmy Award–winning producer. His books The Russians and The Power Game were critically acclaimed bestsellers and are widely used in college courses today. As a reporter at The New York Times, Smith shared a Pulitzer for the Pentagon Papers series and won a Pulitzer for his international reporting from Russia in 1971–1974. Smith’s prime-time specials for PBS have won several awards for examining systemic problems in modern America and offering insightful, prescriptive solutions.
“[A] sweeping, authoritative examination of the last four decades
of the American economic experience.”—The Huffington Post
“Some fine work has been done in explaining the mess we’re in. . .
. But no book goes to the headwaters with the precision, detail and
accessibility of Smith.”—The Seattle Times
“Sweeping in scope . . . [Smith] posits some steps that could
alleviate the problems of the United States.”—USA Today
“Brilliant . . . [a] remarkably comprehensive and coherent analysis
of and prescriptions for America’s contemporary economic
malaise.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Smith enlivens his narrative with portraits of the people caught
up in events, humanizing complex subjects often rendered sterile in
economic analysis. . . . The human face of the story is inseparable
from the history.”—Reuters
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