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020 $a9780691123318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aJK421$b.M328 2009
082 00 $a320.973$222
100 1 $aMadrick, Jeffrey G.
245 14 $aThe case for big government /$cJeff Madrick.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $a205 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe public square book series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tGovernment and Change in America -- $tThe Danger of an Ideology -- $tThe Evidence -- $tLooking-Back Narratives from the Right and Left -- $tThe Myth of Laissez-Faire -- $tThe Many Uses of Government in the 1800s -- $tGovernment as an Agent of Change in the 1900s -- $tThe Economic Benefits of Government -- $tResisting a Pragmatic Government -- $gPt. II.$tHow Much We Have Changed -- $tThe History of Change -- $tThe New Challenge to the Standard if Living -- $tThe Broad Threat to the American Promise -- $tIt's Not Just Inequality -- $tWhen Knowledge Also Changes -- $tThe Purpose if Government -- $tForsaking Pragmatism for Ideology -- $gPt. III.$tWhat to Do -- $tPessimism in America -- $tThe Failure of Conventional Wisdom -- $tAmerica Has the Money -- $tAn Agenda.
520 1 $a"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 book, Madrick argues 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. Madrick paints a devastating portrait of the nation's declining social opportunities and how the economy has failed its workers. He demonstrates that the government must correct itself to address these serious issues." "A practical call to arms, The Case for Big Government asks for innovation, experimentation, and a willingness to fail. The book sets aside ideology and proposes bold steps to ensure the nation's vitality."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
650 0 $aOrganizational effectiveness$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y2001-2009.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008758
830 0 $aPublic square (Princeton, N.J.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007004610
852 00 $bleh$hJK421$i.M328 2009