02290cam a2200373 i 4500 611069996 TxAuBib 20221201120000.0 160407s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015510024 9781451667820 1451667825 (OCoLC)913303336 TxAuBib rda Hacker, Jacob S.,. American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. vii, 455 pages ; 24 cm. 455 p : HB. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index. Introduction: Prosperity lost -- Part I: 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" -- Part II: 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. 20221201. BPL: Norman Minsky Fund. UNITED STATES ECONOMIC POLICY 2009- UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 2009- GOVERNMENT, RESISTANCE TO United States History 21st century. Pierson, Paul,.