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American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback editionDescription: vii, 455 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781451667837 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 106.84 H118a 2017
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Contents:
p. 1. The rise of the mixed economy -- Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- p. 2. The crisis of the mixed economy -- American amnesia -- We're not in Camelot anymore -- This is not your father's party -- The modern robber barons -- A crisis of authority -- Conclusion: The positive-sum society.
Summary: "A spirited examination of why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned"--Front jacket flap.Summary: In the past, government and business were as much partners as rivals, resulting in broad-based growth and healthy social development. But advocates of anti-government market fundamentalism are intent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. Hacker and Pierson examine why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.

p. 1. The rise of the mixed economy -- Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- p. 2. The crisis of the mixed economy -- American amnesia -- We're not in Camelot anymore -- This is not your father's party -- The modern robber barons -- A crisis of authority -- Conclusion: The positive-sum society.

"A spirited examination of why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned"--Front jacket flap.

In the past, government and business were as much partners as rivals, resulting in broad-based growth and healthy social development. But advocates of anti-government market fundamentalism are intent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. Hacker and Pierson examine why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned.

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