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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164999703321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of Winner-Take-All Politics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

9782511002988

2511002981

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/42097309045

Soggetti

Capitalism -- United States

Equality -- United States

United States -- Economic policy

United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989

United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of Winner-Take-All Politics (Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson); The Winner-Take-All Economy; How the Winner-Take-All Economy Was Made; A Brief History of Democratic Capitalism; The Unseen Revolution of the 1970s; The Politics of Organized Combat; The Middle Goes Missing; A Tale of Two Parties; Building a Bridge to the Nineteenth Century; Democrats Climb Aboard; Battle Royale; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson in their book "Winner-take-all politics, How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned its Back on the Middle Class". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Jacob S. Hacker's and Paul Pierson's book.Hacker and Pierson argue that American politics are responsible for the growing inequality between Americans. Thus they believe the nation must recreate the level playing field that