TY - BOOK AU - Hacker,Jacob S. AU - Pierson,Paul TI - American amnesia: how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper SN - 9781451667837 (pbk) AV - HC 106.84 H118a 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Government, Resistance to KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Resistencia pasiva KW - Estados Unidos KW - Economic policy KW - 2009- KW - Economic conditions KW - Política económica KW - Condiciones económicas N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-b.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-d.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510024-s.html ER -