| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
vii, 455 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Pierson, Paul, author.
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| ISBN |
9781451667820 (hardcover) |
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1451667825 (hardcover) |
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