Who Killed the American Dream?: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told

By Thom Hartmann

Book Overview

Can't afford housing or healthcare? One 1886 Supreme Court fraud gave corporations constitutional rights over you--discover how billionaire oligarchs stole your future and the constitutional amendment to take it back.

You work harder than your parents did, yet you can't afford a home. Billionaires are richer than ever. You know the system is rigged--but no one's told you how it happened or who rigged it.

Here's what they don't teach in law school: In 1886, the Supreme Court never ruled that corporations have constitutional rights. That "precedent" came from a single fraudulent sentence inserted by a court reporter working with a corrupt justice. One headnote. One lie. The greatest legal heist in American history.

That fraud did the following and more:
Crushed unions and shipped jobs overseasSlashed taxes for the wealthy and gave corporations the power to buy electionsTransferred trillions from working families to billionaire oligarchs
That's why your paycheck doesn't stretch. That's why corporations have more rights than you do. That's why democracy is eroding. For 140 years, they've distracted Americans by blaming immigrants, "welfare queens," and each other--while billionaires rewrote the rules. Now people are pushing back: passing local ordinances, organizing for a constitutional amendment, and reclaiming power for We the People.

The rebellion has begun. Stop blaming your neighbors. Start demanding accountability. Learn how the system was stolen--and how to take it back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGNGB97V
• ISBN13: 9798890572639
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"