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The good life and its discontents : [electronic resource] the American dream in the age of entitlement, 1945-1995 / Robert J. Samuelson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Times Books, c1995.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 293 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0812925920 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780812925920 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Good life and its discontents.DDC classification:
  • 336.3/9 20
LOC classification:
  • HJ7543 .S26 1995
Other classification:
  • 71.11
Online resources:
Contents:
I. The Entitlement society. The Postwar paradox -- History's chasm -- The Cult of affluence -- Prosperity's broken promise -- II. The New capitalism. The Apostles of control -- Cheery economics -- The Myth of management -- The Real economy -- III. The Politics of overpromise. Colliding ideals -- Borrow and spend -- Elusive equality -- Suicidal government -- Epilogue. After entitlement. History's cycles -- Responsibility, not entitlement -- Crisis or consensus?
Summary: The author portrays the postwar economic boom that "engendered a psychology of entitlement: a feeling that we had a right to uninterrupted personal and societal progress."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-277) and index.

I. The Entitlement society. The Postwar paradox -- History's chasm -- The Cult of affluence -- Prosperity's broken promise -- II. The New capitalism. The Apostles of control -- Cheery economics -- The Myth of management -- The Real economy -- III. The Politics of overpromise. Colliding ideals -- Borrow and spend -- Elusive equality -- Suicidal government -- Epilogue. After entitlement. History's cycles -- Responsibility, not entitlement -- Crisis or consensus?

The author portrays the postwar economic boom that "engendered a psychology of entitlement: a feeling that we had a right to uninterrupted personal and societal progress."

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