Title: The history we did not learn in school
Review: Hartmann provides a perspective on the forces that led to the founding of the United States that is richer than the traditional views. As we look back over the history of the US, I would suspect that the Founding Fathers would not recognize the nation they set in motion. According to Hartmann, protection of the individual from the effectively limitless powers of non-human corporations was a keystone on which the Founding Fathers did agree, even if their recommended methods may have differed. Unfortunately, our fundamental lack of interest or understanding of American history has led to our inability to properly maintain the safeguards that provided those protections. Despite its problems, the uniqueness and the greatness of the American Experiment comes through loud and clear in this book, and it is a must read for anyone who wants to or needs to be reminded of that.
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