LEADER 02976nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910498493503321 005 20230721022523.0 010 $a1-282-15876-7 010 $a9786612158766 010 $a1-4008-2878-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788555 035 $a(EBL)457859 035 $a(OCoLC)439826022 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929767 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483214 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529377 035 $a(PQKB)11540567 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457859 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788555 100 $a20080703d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe case for big government$b[electronic resource] /$fJeff Madrick 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aThe public square book series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12331-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index. 327 $aGovernment 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. 330 $a Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. In this perceptive and eye-opening book, Madrick proves that an engaged government--a big government of high taxes and wise regulations--is necessary for the social and economic answers that Americans desperately need in changing times. He shows that the big governments of past eras fostered 410 0$aPublic square (Princeton, N.J.) 606 $aOrganizational effectiveness 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y2001-2009 615 0$aOrganizational effectiveness. 676 $a320.973 676 $a351.01 700 $aMadrick$b Jeffrey G$01045632 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910498493503321 996 $aThe case for big government$92565269 997 $aUNINA