Q&A with Brian Patrick Burke

Brian Patrick Burke is the author of Globalization: Attack on the American Dream.

1. What inspired you to write Globalization, and how long did it take for you to write the book?

The inspiration for my book came from working with the general public first-hand and seeing the profound changes in the characteristics of the American middle class and the economy that created and fostered them. I started writing my book in 1997 and finished it in 2003.

2. Globalization deals with some hot-topic issues that everyone has an opinion on, yet sticks to the facts. How do you deliver an informative book and keep your personal opinion at bay?

Like everyone else, I tended to believe the opinions that have been circulating for years, such as the idea that trade unions have been killing our economy. I decided to base my research on facts; not opinions. The facts proved, for example, that unions were barely able to keep wages up with the rate of inflation; inflation fueled by excessive growth in government taxation, spending and out of control business growth. I learned the truth behind our nation’s economy, and that global economics in general are often covered in a smoke screen of politics and misinformation.

3. What is your view of the economy today?

I believe the current economic downturn is the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of our long range economic future. The Greenspan inspired interest rate (debt controlled) economy and "free-trade" has placed the average American citizen on the brink of bankruptcy. We expect the average American to spend our country (and the world) out of recession, but offer them nothing in return, except an unmanageable level of debt and dead-end service oriented jobs. Until we learn that it is the average middle class American's stability that is the true source of our economic strength, we will not overcome our current economic crisis.

4. Any more books in the future? If yes, will they deal with the economy?

My next book will deal with the trade deficit crisis. It will discuss the massive flow and transfer of wealth ownership throughout the world.

The American Dream is rooted in the process of economic democracy, which allows all Americans the opportunity to succeed and to share in the nation's prosperity. The author shows how globalization is opening the floodgates of economic and social upheaval in the United States, eroding our economic stability and our framework of democracy. The book also includes an argument for the development of a process of fair trade to protect ordinary American citizens from outsourcing and other potentially disastrous effects of free trade.
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