02976nam 2200565 a 450 991049849350332120230721022523.01-282-15876-797866121587661-4008-2878-3(CKB)1000000000788555(EBL)457859(OCoLC)439826022(SSID)ssj0000483214(PQKBManifestationID)11929767(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483214(PQKBWorkID)10529377(PQKB)11540567(MiAaPQ)EBC457859(EXLCZ)99100000000078855520080703d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe case for big government[electronic resource] /Jeff MadrickPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20091 online resource (216 p.)The public square book seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-12331-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.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 -- How much we have changed. The history of change ; The new challenge to the standard of 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 -- What to do. Pessimism in America ; The failure of conventional wisdom ; America has the money ; An agenda. 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 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 Public square (Princeton, N.J.)Organizational effectivenessUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesEconomic policy2001-2009Organizational effectiveness.320.973351.01Madrick Jeffrey G1045632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910498493503321The case for big government2565269UNINA