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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hacker, Jacob S., author.

Pierson, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government, Resistance to.

History.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

United States.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

Economic conditions.

Government, Resistance to--United States--History--21st century.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 455 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

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.

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Prosperity lost

Part I: 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"

Part II: 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.

ISBN:

9781451667820

1451667825

OCLC:

913303336