America's economy is in meltdown. Banks have failed, foreclsures are sweeping the housing market, and the Dow Jones has suffered its worst losses since the Great Depression. Faced with a complex and spiraling crisis, the government has pured billions of taxpayer dollars into a bailout with no end in sight.
At every step of the way, The Nation, America's leading progressive magazine, has tacled the most urgent questions facing the nation's leaders and its citizens with clarity and insight. Stretching back twenty years, Meltdown draws together the best of the magazines coverage of the financial crisis and explores what steps President Obama and his new administration must take to ensure a more secure future for everyone.