Autor(en)

Madrick, Jeff:

Verlag / Jahr

Princeton University Press, 2009.

Format / Einband

Originalhalbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. 205 S.; 22 cm.

Sprache

Deutsch

Gewicht

ca. 550 g

ISBN

0691123314

EAN

9780691123318

Bestell-Nr

1124640

Bemerkungen

Gutes Ex. - Englisch. - ... 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 greatness and prosperity, while weak, laissez-faire governments marked periods of corruption and exploitation. The Case for Big Government considers whether the government can adjust its current policies and set the country right. 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. … (Verlagstext) / INHALT : PART I: -- GOVERNMENT AND CHANGE IN AMERICA -- The Danger of an Ideology -- The Evidence -- Looking-Back -- Narratives from the Right and Left -- The Myth of Laissez-Faire -- The Many Uses of Government in the 1800s -- Government as an Agent of Change in the 1900s -- The Economic Benefits of Government -- Resisting a Pragmatic Government -- PART II: -- How MUCH WE HAVE CHANGED -- The History of Change -- The New Challenge to the Standard -- Living -- The Broad Threat to the American Promise -- It's Not Just -- Inequality -- When Knowledge Also Changes -- The Purpose of -- Government -- Forsaking Pragmatism for Ideology -- PART III: -- WHAT TO DO -- Pessimism in America -- The Failure of Conventional Wisdom -- America Has the Money -- An Agenda -- Notes -- Index. ISBN 9780691123318

Schlagworte

USA; Amerika; Geschichte; Politik; Regierung

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