TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hacker,Jacob S.
AU  - Pierson,Paul
TI  - American amnesia: how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper 
SN  - 9781451667820
AV  - HC106.84 .H33 2016
U1  - 973.932 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Government, Resistance to
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 2009-
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -