Hacker, Jacob S.

Winner-take-all politics : how Washington made the rich richer-an d turned its back on the middle class / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pie rson. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2010. - 357 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-340) and index.

The thirty-years war -- The puzzling politics of winner-take-all -- The winner-take-all economy -- How the winner-take-all economy was made -- A brief history of Democratic capitalism -- The rise of winner-take -all politics -- The unseen revolution of the 1970s -- The politics of organized combat -- The middle goes missing -- Winner-take-all politics -- A tale of two parties -- Building a bridge to the 19th century -- D emocrats climb aboard -- Renewal denied.

9781416588696 (hardcover) 9781416588702 (pbk.)

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Equality-- United States.
Capitalism-- United States.


United States-- Economic policy.
United States-- Politics and government-- 1945-1989.
United States-- Politics and government-- 1989-

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