Samuelson, Robert J. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0812925920 (acid-free paper) 9780812925920 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95021594  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entitlement spending--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--1945-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HJ7543  / S193g 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>336.3/9