02664cam a2200433 i 4500 112468 112468 128357 BJBSDDR 20230411090111.0 160407s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng d 2015510024 9781451667837 (pbk) 19046921 (OCoLC)ocn913303336 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda lccopycat n-us--- HC 106.84 H118a 2017 Hacker, Jacob S. (Jacob Stewart), 1971- 679 American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. vii, 455 p. ; 21 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index. p. 1. 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" -- p. 2. 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. "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. Government, Resistance to United States History 21st century. Resistencia pasiva Estados Unidos 2806 United States Economic policy 2009- United States Economic conditions 2009- Estados Unidos Política económica 2009- 843 Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas 2009- 1552 Pierson, Paul, 3472 1959- Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-d.html Sample text https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-s.html lcc BK rsfv 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2019-04-30 0 HC 106.84 H118a 2017 00000093466 2019-04-30 00:00:00 1 2019-04-30 BK