Economics is on the mind of every working American today, as arguments arise debating a globalist construct versus a nationalist construct of the US economy. What are these two views? Which one is better? In Nicola DellaCioppa's book Consequential Economics: How Globalization has impaired the prosperity of the middle class and what policy makers should consider in the future, readers journey through economic theories, their histories, contributing factors, and the flawed processes that have brought us to where we are today, to a top-heavy prosperity instead of a distributed prosperity. Is the American Dream still a reality? Inside readers learn about capitalism, globalism, how economics and the theory of relativity are related, the economics behind globalization, globalism's harm of the environment, what international trade suggests, rebirth of the global elite, and more. The underlying question is this: Is trade with other nations the right approach to a healthy economy?