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1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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The public square book series
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Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
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Includes chapter notes with bibliographic references (pages 177-194), and index. |
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Part I. Government and change in America ; Danger of an ideology -- Evidence -- Looking-back narratives from the right and left -- Myth of laissez-faire -- Many uses of government in the 1800s -- Government as an agent of change in the 1900s -- Economic benefits of government -- Resisting a pragmatic government -- Part II. How much we have changed ; History of change -- New challenge to the standard of living -- Broad threat to the American promise -- It's not just inequality -- When knowledge also changes -- Purpose of government -- Forsaking pragmatism for ideology -- Part III. What to do ; Pessimism in America -- Failure of conventional wisdom -- America has the money -- An agenda. |
| Summary |
Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. In this perceptive and eye-opening book, Madrick proves that an engaged government--a big government of high taxes and wise regulations--is necessary for the social and economic answers that Americans desperately need in changing times. Madrick explains why politics and economics should go hand in hand; why America benefits when the government actively nourishes economic growth; and why America must reject free market orthodoxy and adopt ambitious government-centered programs. He looks critically at today's politicians--at Republicans seeking to revive nineteenth-century principles, and at Democrats who are abandoning the pioneering efforts of the Great Society. Madrick paints a devastating portrait of the nation's declining social opportunities and how the economy has failed its workers. He looks critically at today's politicians and demonstrates that the government must correct itself to address these serious issues. A practical call to arms, the book asks for innovation, experimentation, and a willingness to fail, while setting aside ideology and proposing bold steps to ensure the nation's vitality. conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. In this perceptive and eye-opening book, Madrick proves that an engaged government--a big government of high taxes and wise regulations--is necessary for the social and economic answers that Americans desperately need in changing times. He shows that the big governments of past eras fostered gre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Organizational effectiveness -- United States.
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Organizational effectiveness. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009.
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2001-2009 |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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Economic policy. |
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LAW -- Government -- Federal. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Madrick, Jeff. Case for Big Government : (New in Paper). Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691146201 |
| ISBN |
9781400834808 (electronic book) |
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1400834805 (electronic book) |
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1282936212 |
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9781282936218 |
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0691146209 (paperback) |
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9780691146201 (paperback) |
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