DOES AMERICA STILL WORK?

How far business can or should go to protect its work force

FRONTLINE Airdate: May 21, 1996

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What CEOs and Experts Say

• Why All the Pink Slips?
• Managers and Workers -- The New Rules
• What Do Companies Owe Society?
• Is There a Role for Government?
• The Status of the American Dream

The Full FRONTLINE Interviews

• Robert Eaton
• Stephen Roach
• Robert Reich
• James Beardsley
• Richard Teerlink
• Dan Luria

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How Rough IS the Economy?

• Good News:
  "By Our Own Bootstraps" -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 1995 Report + Three Recent Studies. And...

• Bad News:
  "The Downsizing of America" -- the much-discussed New York Times 7-part series + "The Truth About Social Mobility." And....
  • Society & Business: 1870-1996
  • Who Do We Trust These Days?
  • Proposals for Workers

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