TY - BOOK AU - Hacker, Jacob S. AU - Pierson, Paul. TI - Winner-take-all politics: how Washington made the rich richer-an d turned its back on the middle class SN - 9781416588696 (hardcover) U1 - 306.3420973 23 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Equality KW - United States KW - Capitalism KW - Economic policy KW - Politics and government KW - 1945-1989 KW - 1989- N1 - 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 ER -