{"product_id":"american-amnesia-how-the-war-on-government-led-us-to-forget-what-made-america-prosper-paperback","title":"American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob S. Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Pierson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"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 history of the United States over the last century and show how a viable mixed economy has long been the dominant engine of America's prosperity. We have largely forgotten this reliance, as many political circles and corporate actors have come to mistakenly see government as a hindrance rather than the propeller it once was. \"American Amnesia\" is more than a rhetorical phrase; elites have literally forgotten, or at least forgotten to talk about, the essential role of public authority in achieving big positive-sum bargains in advanced societies. The mixed economy was the most important social innovation of the twentieth century. It spread a previously unimaginable level of broad prosperity. It enabled steep increases in education, health, longevity, and economic security. And yet, extraordinarily, it is anathema to many current economic and political elites. Looking at this record of remarkable accomplishment, they recoil in horror. And as the advocates of anti-government free market fundamentalist have gained power, they are hell-bent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. In the American Amnesia, Hacker and Pierson explain the full \"story of how government helped make America great, how the enthusiasm for bashing government is behind its current malaise, and how a return to effective government is the answer the nation is looking for\" (The New York Times).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob S. Hacker is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University. A Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Divided Welfare State, \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Paul Pierson, of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Amnesia: The Forgotten Roots of Our Prosperity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWinner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOff Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy.\u003c\/i\u003e He has appeared recently on \u003ci\u003eThe NewsHour, MSNBC, All Things Considered, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarketplace.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Pierson is the John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolitics in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDismantling the Welfare State?\u003c\/i\u003e, and (with Jacob S. Hacker), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Amnesia: The Forgotten Roots of Our Prosperity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWinner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOff Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. His commentary has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berkeley, California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52479463194931,"sku":"9781451667837","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cWR0ZXVVSm5KZ1VraHpCdWVpKzZ4QT09.webp?v=1759690670","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/american-amnesia-how-the-war-on-government-led-us-to-forget-what-made-america-prosper-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}