- PART I: THE INHERITANCE (1945-1973)
- PART II: THE PIVOT (1973-1986)
- PART III: THE SELLOFF (1986-2001)
- PART IV: THE EPISTEMIC ROT
- PART V: THE FOUR EXTRACTIONS
- PART VI: THE SELF-INFLICTED WOUND
- PART VII: THE INCAPACITY
- PART VIII: WHAT COMES NEXT
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Appendix
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Appendix A: Chapter References
- Chapter 1: The Deal
- Chapter 2: The Blueprint
- Chapter 3: The Shock
- Chapter 4: The Mechanism
- Chapter 5: The Seeds
- Chapter 6: The Deregulation Sequence
- Chapter 7: The Trade Sequence
- Chapter 8: The Extraction Machine
- Chapter 9: The Ratchet
- Chapter 10: The Toll Booth
- Chapter 11: The Contempt
- Chapter 12: The Forgetting
- Chapter 13: Housing
- Chapter 14: Healthcare
- Chapter 15: Retirement
- Chapter 16: Family
- Chapter 17: The Suicide Pact
- Chapter 18: The Surrender
- Chapter 19: The Empty Arsenal
- Chapter 20: The Revelation
- Chapter 21: The Obstacle
- Chapter 22: The Proof
- Chapter 23: The Clocks
- Chapter 24: The Default
- Chapter 25: The Restructuring
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Appendix A: Chapter References
Rebuilding Aristocracy
The Abdication of American Ingenuity
Something is broken. You can feel it. You work harder and fall further behind. You're told it's the market, it's global forces, it's just how things are now. It's not. Fifty years of decisions built an economy that takes from those who work and gives to those who toll. This book names the decisions, the people who made them, and exactly when. Then it shows you what can be done about it.
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Something is broken. You can feel it. You work harder and fall further behind. You're told it's the market, it's global forces, it's just how things are now. It's not.
Fifty years of decisions turned a production economy into an extraction economy. Not by accident. By choices made by people with names, in rooms with addresses, on dates that can be looked up.
This book names the decisions and the people who made them. From the Powell Memo in 1971 to the bank bailouts in 2008. How housing, healthcare, education, and retirement became extraction machines. How America surrendered strategic capacity while calling it free trade.
The tone is precise. The documentation is rigorous. This is testimony for the record, not a rant for the moment.
If you've been told to blame yourself, or immigrants, or the other party, this book shows you who actually made the decisions. If you've wondered whether anything can be done, it ends with a specification, not a wish.
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Kyle J. Tobin
Kyle J. Tobin has a high school diploma. No college degree.
He taught himself enterprise IT while bartending, became an engineer, then an advisor to executives at major corporations. He got into the rooms where the decisions in this book were made because he could do what they needed—before they started requiring credentials from people who could do what he did.
He entered technology in the early 2000s, when the deal still held. When demonstrated capability still outweighed diplomas. He watched that path close behind him.
He loves BBQ. He builds furniture with his hands. He lives in the country this book describes.
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