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Author Madrick, Jeff, 1947-

Title The case for big government / Jeff Madrick.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2010.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  320.973 M183C    Check Shelf
Description 224 pages ; 22 cm.
Series The Public Square book series
Note Originally published: 2009.
"New preface and foreword, 2010"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In this work, the author explains why politics and economics should go hand in hand and why America benefits when the government actively nourishes economic growth. It also looks at why America must reject free market orthodoxy and adopt ambitious government-centred programmes.
Contents pt. I: Foreword -- Preface to the paperback edition -- Government and change in America -- The Danger of an ideology -- The Evidence -- Looking-back narratives from the right and left -- The Myth of laissez-faire -- The Many uses of government in the 1800s -- Government as an agent of change in the 1900s -- The Economic benefits of government -- Resisting a pragmatic government -- pt. II: How much we have changed -- The History of change -- The New challenge to the standard of living -- The Broad threat to the American promise -- It's not just inequality -- When knowledge also changes -- The Purpose of government -- Forsaking pragmatism for ideology -- pt. III: What to do -- Pessimism in America -- The Failure of conventional wisdom -- America has the money -- An Agenda -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Organizational effectiveness -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
Organizational effectiveness. (OCoLC)fst01047852
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term Since 2001
ISBN 9780691146201 (pbk.)
0691146209 (pbk.)
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