Name: The Good Life and its Discontents: The American Dream in the age of Entitlement (en Inglés)
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Author: Samuelson, Robert J.
ISBN: 9780679781523

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The Good Life and its Discontents: The American Dream in the age of Entitlement (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Robert J. Samuelson

Editorial

Vintage

Año

1997

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

352

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.7 x 13.2 x 2.1 cm

Peso

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9780679781523

N° edición

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx, c. 1900-c. 1999
Economía
Hacienda pública, fiscalidad
Historia de américa

The Good Life and its Discontents: The American Dream in the age of Entitlement (en Inglés)

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A New York Times Business Book Bestseller Shrewd and optimistic. . . . [The Good Life and Its Discontents] combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights. --The New Republic Today Americans are wealthier, healthier, and live longer than at any previous time in our history. As a society, we have never had it so good. Yet, paradoxically, many of us have never felt so bad. For, as Robert J. Samuelson observes in this visionary book, our country suffers from a national sense of entitlement--a feeling that someone, whether Big Business or Big Government, should guarantee us secure jobs, rising living standards, social harmony, and personal fulfillment. In The Good Life and Its Discontents, Samuelson, a national columnist for Newsweek and the Washington Post, links our rising expectations with our belief in a post-Cold War vision of an American utopia. Using history, economics, and psychology, he exposes the hubris of economists and corporate managers and indicts a government that promises too much to too many constituencies. Like David Reisman's The Lonely Crowd and John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society, the result is a book that defines its time--and that is sure to shape the national debate for years to come. A smart, balanced epitaph for an era--with a few clues for what's ahead. --Business Week Lucid [and] nonsectarian . . . Samuelson traces how the reasonable demand for progress has given way to the excessive demand for perfection. --The New York Times