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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Times Books, c1995.Description: 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
LOC classification:
  • HJ7543 S193g 1995
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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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HJ7543 S193g 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00020020551

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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