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

By:

Hacker, Jacob S

Contributor(s):

Pierson, Paul

Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: vii, 455 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781451667820
1451667825

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973.932 23

LOC classification:

HC106.84 .H33 2016

Contents:

Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- 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.

"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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