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When America Roared: How the 1980s Saved, Then Broke, the Country--and Led Us to Today

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"In When America Roared, Jonathan Kaufman draws together a bushel of figures who thrived in one fateful decade...[providing] useful insights along the way." -New York Times Book Review

The panoramic story of the 1980s, exploring the triumphs and failures of the decade that shaped the 21st century more than any other, from a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who witnessed the transformations firsthand


In January 1980, America seemed broken. Inflation raged. Interest rates topped 20 percent. Amer...