American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Rich
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From the groundbreaking author team behind the best-selling Winner-Take-All Politics, a 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 Winner-Take-All Politics, Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson explain how political elites have enabled and propelled plutocracy. They 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.
Like every other prospering democracy, the United States developed a mixed economy that channeled the spirit of capitalism into strong growth and healthy social development. In this bargain, government and business were as much partners as rivals. Public investments in education, science, transportation, and technology laid the foundation for broadly based prosperity. Programs of economic security and progressive taxation provided a floor of protection, and business focused on the pursuit of profit - and government addressed needs business could not.
The mixed economy was the most important social innovation of the 20th 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. And as the advocates of antigovernment free-market fundamentalism have gained power, they are hell-bent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. In American Amnesia, Hacker and Pierson explain how - and why - they must be stopped.
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Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world. At the same time, argues the former U.S. secretary of labor, Robert B. Reich, the effectiveness of democracy in America has declined. It has grown less responsive to the citizenry, and people are feeling more and more helpless as a result.
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Robert Reich for V.P. (of the U.S.)
- By Horace on 11-07-07
By: Robert B. Reich
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The Battle
- How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future
- By: Arthur C. Brooks
- Narrated by: Arthur C. Brooks
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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America faces a new culture war. It is not a war about guns, abortions, or gays; rather it is a war against the creeping changes to our entrepreneurial culture, the true bedrock of who we are as a people. The new culture war is a battle between free enterprise and social democracy. Many Americans have forgotten the evils of socialism and the predations of the American Great Society's welfare-state programs.
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Right wing
- By John on 12-22-10
By: Arthur C. Brooks
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- By: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Wayne Pyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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The Populist Explosion
- How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
- By: John B. Judis
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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What's happening in global politics? As if overnight, many Democrats revolted and passionately backed a socialist named Bernie Sanders; the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union; the vituperative billionaire Donald Trump became the presidential nominee of the Republican party; and a slew of rebellious parties continued to win elections in Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria, and Greece. John B. Judis, one of America's most respected political analysts, tells us why we need to learn about the populist movement.
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A slanted piece
- By B. on 02-21-17
By: John B. Judis
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The Precipice
- Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change
- By: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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Of Incalculable Importance
- By Anonymous User on 12-15-21
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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Beyond Outrage
- What Has Gone Wrong with Our Economy and Our Democracy, and How to Fix Them
- By: Robert B. Reich
- Narrated by: Robert B. Reich
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Robert B. Reich urges Americans to get beyond mere outrage about the nation’s increasingly concentrated wealth and corrupt politics in order to mobilize and to take back our economy and democracy. Americans can’t rely only on getting good people elected, Reich argues, because nothing positive happens in Washington unless good people outside Washington are organized to help make those things happen after the election. But in order to be effectively mobilized, we need to see the big picture.
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Falls short
- By J. Klinghoffer on 11-04-13
By: Robert B. Reich
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The Centrist Manifesto
- By: Charles Wheelan
- Narrated by: Charles Wheelan
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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From debt ceiling standoffs to single-digit Congress approval ratings, America’s political system has never been more polarized - or paralyzed - than it is today. As best-selling author and public policy expert Charles Wheelan writes, now is the time for a pragmatic Centrist party that will identify and embrace the best Democratic and Republican ideals, moving us forward on the most urgent issues for our nation.
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Must read for all rational americans
- By CM on 09-15-15
By: Charles Wheelan
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That Used to Be Us
- How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
- By: Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
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America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges - globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.
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We have met the enemy and it is us.... Pogo
- By Soudant on 09-16-11
By: Thomas L. Friedman, and others
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How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- By: Ryan Cooper
- Narrated by: Ryan Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
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Yay, Taxes!!!
- By Luvelway on 02-19-24
By: Ryan Cooper
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The End of Power
- From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
- By: Moises Naim
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naím explains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world.
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Another Power book
- By Anonymous User on 04-12-24
By: Moises Naim
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JFK and the Reagan Revolution
- A Secret History of American Prosperity
- By: Lawrence Kudlow, Brian Domitrovic
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Who invented supply-side economics - the idea that cutting tax rates can result in more growth, more prosperity at all income levels, and even more tax revenue flowing into the IRS? Most people would credit the economic team that advised Ronald Reagan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But in fact supply-side economics came of age two decades earlier. And the first president who embraced it was one of the biggest icons of the Democratic Party - John F. Kennedy.
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Turn the speed up to 1 1/2 to 2 times
- By B. MIDDLETON on 09-15-16
By: Lawrence Kudlow, and others
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- monomonkey
- 04-09-16
Great Reading for Informed Citizens
This is a fantastic work on many of the ills plaguing our government while also providing a detailed history of the mixed economy and the prosperity it brought us. I fear that those who really need to read this will casually dismiss its arguments and evidence.
Though the book does rightly focus much of the blame on the GOP and segments of the business community, I deducted one star for not providing more analysis (there is some) on how the political left's leadership mucked up or did not fight against assaults on the deregulation of the economy and government's longstanding role in the mixed economy of our past.
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- LittleBee
- 06-24-16
must read for every American
loved it, but I wish this could reach the people who really need to hear it, those who forget what history taught us about business elite and gov't competency.
very well written and informative, particularly relating to the founders and the purpose of empowering a federal system.
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- coomassie
- 03-27-17
Interesting book
American Amnesia provides a level-headed insight into our current U.S. political landscape, with an excellent historic context. Can be a bit of a downer, but there are recommendations at the end for how change could be brought about. Great narration.
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- Richard
- 12-31-16
The best Political/Govt Books I've Read
I've read at least 25 recent books on these topics. There was only one weak point, their prescriptions. But since it was written before Trump was elected, and yes he was elected, it's hard to blame them for those few paragraphs. Anyway, the rest was very entertaining & much terribly funny, and I mean terribly. It was gallows humor, as in I wanted to string some congress people up, as I was laughing, crying and other. The reading was in a 93.5% range. The data was well presented, and i did not think it was too technical or data thick in the beginning or otherwise. It was presented well. I liked their tone, it seemed more honest than preachy or political. I mean the tone not the perspective, which was focused on how the republicans have chewed up government for no good purpose. Except that their Randian ideology makes them chew like cows on their cud, then crap on anyone not as extreme as they are. Small government isn't even an idea, it's just a small brain stem reflex.
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- Texas
- 10-19-18
our government or lack there of
Koch brother, you should be ashamed of yourselves for taking advantage of a country that has given you so much.
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- Terrence Curran
- 04-27-17
Well researched and well written
This is not political propaganda but a well researched and well written analysis of how government has been defamed and enfeebled. Millions of dollars have been invested in efforts to undermine the effectiveness of government and to sway public opinion into believing that government is inept and overreaching.
It explains how government and private industry can work together to increase quality of life and make us a stronger country.
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- Chase Roberts
- 11-26-17
Americans: you are disillusioned [despite your political party]
This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about the current state of politics in America and the negative imposition of this poor state on our future. We’re conditioned to believe that the mixed economy is a danger to our well-being and that political steadfastness is the solution. The reality is contrary to this belief, and we must embrace the facts if we’re to liberate this country from the chains of modern political discourse.
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- Charles
- 04-06-17
Excellent history
This book is an excellent history of the role of government in 20th century US economy. Makes the case that markets do not operate effectively on a modern economy without the oversight and control of government regulations . And that since the 1980s government regulation has been the constant target of right wing attacks, and has had no
vocal defenders. And this has harmed our nation and our economy.
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- Joe Hidalgo
- 08-19-16
Very insightful! Technical at first but a must read for today's political environment!!
Overall I like the book because it takes you through the whole process of why we are here today politically. Towards the beginning it was a little technical with information meant to inform and not remember from. Afterwards, they use that information to explain what events took place and continue to take place to make that happen. It's a vicious cycle at this point but there is glimmer of hope! The key is to start utilizing all resources and stop looking for the magic pill to fix it all. I personally think people who automatically believe anything the right wing propaganda is spewing out should read this book to understand where their point of view is actually coming from. There is a reason why they are seeing things from an ultra conservative view. This book is not necessarily anti republican or democrat. It's anti corruption and pro equality with the pursuit of liberty and freedom wherever it may come from.
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- Roderick O Wynn
- 02-19-19
A Mixed Economy is the Best Economy
Great breakdown of what actually made America Great, and why its slipping away. Capital is at its best using the trails that Government has blazed for it and thus should pay its fair share of taxes.
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