American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper
by Hacker, Jacob S. (Author), Pierson, Paul (Author)
Summary
A "provocative" (Kirkus Reviews), timely, and topical work that examines what's good for American business and what's good for Americans--and why those interests are misaligned. In American Amnesia, bestselling political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson trace the economic and political hi... Full description
- 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.