How are you going to pay for that? : smart answers to the dumbest question in politics / Ryan Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Ryan (Journalist), author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

United States.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

Economic conditions.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Social policy.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

Social conditions.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Politics and government.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

Summary:

"A compelling alternative view of the relationship between our politics and our economy. Throughout America, structural problems are getting worse. Economic inequality is near Gilded Age heights, the healthcare system is a mess, and the climate crisis continues to grow. Yet most ambitious policy proposals that might fix these calamities are dismissed as wastefully expensive by default. From the kitchen table to Congress, debates are punctuated with a familiar refrain: "How are you going to pay for that?" This question is designed to shut down policy pushes up front, minimizing any interference with the free market. It comes from neoliberalism, an economic ideology that has overtaken both parties. Proponents insist that markets are naturally-occurring and apolitical-and that too much manipulation of the economy will make our society fall apart. Ryan Cooper argues that our society already is falling apart, and the logically preposterous views of neoliberalism are to blame. Most progressives understand this instinctively, but many lack the background knowledge to make effective economic counterarguments. How Are You Going To Pay For That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic, and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HOW A WILDLY FALSE ECONOMIC IDEOLOGY CONQUERED AMERICAN POLITICS

ch. 1 A History of a Self-Immolating Idea

ch. 2 Collective Economics

ch. 3 How Neo-Propertarianism Conquered the World

ch. 4 Casting the False Prophets of Growth out of the Economic Temple

ch. 5 Social Growth

pt. II MAKING AMERICA GREAT FOR THE FIRST TIME

ch. 6 The Broken American Labor System

ch. 7 The Hell of American Healthcare

ch. 8 The Social Climate

ch. 9 Inequality, Explained

ch. 10 A New Collective American Freedom

ch. 11 How to Argue with Propertarians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-343) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781250272348

1250272343

OCLC:

1227086353