American Amnesia: How The War On Government Led Us To Forget What Made America Rich

  • Autor: Jacob S. Hacker
  • Narrador: Holter Graham
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 17:23:06
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Sinopse

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 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).

Capítulos

  • AmericanAmnesia 01 Title

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  • AmericanAmnesia 02 Introduction

    Duração: 55min
  • AmericanAmnesia 03 Part1 Chapter1

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  • AmericanAmnesia 04 Part1 Chapter2

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  • AmericanAmnesia 05 Part1 Chapter3

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  • AmericanAmnesia 06 Part1 Chapter4 a

    Duração: 47min
  • AmericanAmnesia 07 Part1 Chapter4 b

    Duração: 48min
  • AmericanAmnesia 08 Part1 Chapter5

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  • AmericanAmnesia 09 Part2 Chapter6 a

    Duração: 53min
  • AmericanAmnesia 10 Part2 Chapter6 b

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  • AmericanAmnesia 11 Part2 Chapter7 a

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  • AmericanAmnesia 12 Part2 Chapter7 b

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  • AmericanAmnesia 13 Part2 Chapter8

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  • AmericanAmnesia 14 Part2 Chapter9 a

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  • AmericanAmnesia 15 Part2 Chapter9 b

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  • AmericanAmnesia 16 Part2 Chapter10 a

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  • AmericanAmnesia 17 Part2 Chapter10 b

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  • AmericanAmnesia 18 Conclusion a

    Duração: 47min
  • AmericanAmnesia 19 Conclusion b

    Duração: 47min
  • AmericanAmnesia 20 Credits

    Duração: 45s