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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.

Hacker, Jacob S. (Author). Pierson, Paul, (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1451667833
ISBN: 9781451667837
Physical Description: vii, 455 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : prosperity lost -- 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.