{"product_id":"book-btri","title":"American Amnesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the groundbreaking author team behind the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWinner-Take-All Politics\u003c\/i\u003e,  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWinner-Take-All Politics, \u003c\/i\u003eJacob S. Hacker  and Paul Pierson explained 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  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. And as the advocates of anti-government  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 \u003ci\u003eAmerican Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e, Hacker and Pierson explain how—and why they must be stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347503817008,"sku":"BDbtri","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/93419-btri-Square.jpg?v=1734206729","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-btri","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}