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The United States since 1980 Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)

The United States since 1980 By Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)

The United States since 1980 by Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)

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This book, first published in 2007, describes the sharp right turn the United States has taken following the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. The treatment details how the policies pursued by the Reagan administration were a break from both the policies pursued by prior administrations and those pursued in other wealthy countries.

The United States since 1980 Summary

The United States since 1980 by Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)

This book, first published in 2007, describes the sharp right turn the United States has taken following the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. The treatment details how the policies pursued by the Reagan administration were a break from both the policies pursued by prior administrations and those pursued in other wealthy countries. The Reagan administration policies had the effect of redistributing both before- and after-tax income upward, creating a situation in which the bulk of the economic gains over the last quarter century were directed to a small segment of the population. The analysis explains how both political parties have come largely to accept the main tenets of Reaganism, putting the United States on a path that is at odds with most of the rest of the world and is not sustainable.

The United States since 1980 Reviews

'Dean Baker is one of our most cogent economic thinkers. This is must reading.' Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect
'This concise, extremely readable, and insightful book is now the one best account of just how dramatically the United States has turned right in the past 25 years compared to other industrialized democracies. In particular, it provides an incisive analysis of the cascading series of cutbacks and policy changes that have led to increasing income inequality and job insecurity for the overwhelming majority of Americans.' G. William Domhoff, author of Who Rules America
'Dean Baker superbly narrates the great right turn in American politics over the past 25 years and explains the profound economic consequences with clarity. The conservative era has generated enormous vulnerabilities and inequalities that are now bearing down on American life.' William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
'In a vividly written, remarkably inclusive narrative, Dean Baker makes sense of contemporary history. He is particularly insightful about America's changing political economy in global context. There is no better book on this vital topic.' Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
' a highly readable and concise overview of economic and political developments in the US in the last quarter century.' Transfer

About Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)

Dean Baker is the cofounder of the Center for Economic Policy and Policy Research in Washington, DC. Before founding the center, he was a senior economist in Washington's Economic Policy Institute. He has authored or edited several books, including The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer (2006), Social Security: The Phony Crisis (1999, with Mark Weisbrot), Getting Prices Right: The Debate Over the Consumer Price Index, which won a Choice book award as one of the outstanding academic books of 1998, and Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1998, coedited with Jerry Epstein and Bob Pollin). Dr Baker has also written for a variety of professional and general-audience publications. His work on economic policy issues is often cited in the media, and he is frequently interviewed on television and radio. Dr Baker has also testified a number of times before Congressional committees. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

1. Turning away: the United States breaks ranks; 2. Setting the scene: the United States in 1980; 3. The Reagan revolution I - running to the right; 4. The Reagan revolution becomes institutionalized; 5. The Republican tidal wave and the Clinton Boom; 6. The Bush Administration and the war on terrorism; 7. The United States in 2005: the impact of the last quarter century.

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NPB9780521860178
9780521860178
0521860172
The United States since 1980 by Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)
Dean Baker (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC)
The World Since 1980
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2007-03-05
290
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