American amnesia
Subtitle: how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper
By: Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
Contributors: Pierson, Paul, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9781451667820
Subjects: Economic policy; Resistance to Government; Economic conditions; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Prosperity lost; title: Part I: The rise of the mixed economy. Coming up short; title: The great divide; title: The trouble with markets; title: How America got rich; title: "An established and useful reality"; title: Part II: The crisis of the mixed economy. American amnesia; title: We're not in Camelot anymore; title: This is not your father's party; title: The modern robber barons; title: A crisis of authority; title: Conclusion: The positive-sum society.