The good life and its discontents : the American dream in the age of entitlement, 1945-1995 /
Samuelson, Robert J.
The good life and its discontents : the American dream in the age of entitlement, 1945-1995 / Robert J. Samuelson. - New York : Times Books, c1995. - xxii, 293 p. ; 25 cm.
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."
0812925920 (acid-free paper) 9780812925920 (acid-free paper)
95021594
Entitlement spending--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
HJ7543 / S193g 1995
336.3/9
The good life and its discontents : the American dream in the age of entitlement, 1945-1995 / Robert J. Samuelson. - New York : Times Books, c1995. - xxii, 293 p. ; 25 cm.
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."
0812925920 (acid-free paper) 9780812925920 (acid-free paper)
95021594
Entitlement spending--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
HJ7543 / S193g 1995
336.3/9