Capitalism in America : a history
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Author
Contributors
Wooldridge, Adrian, author.
Published
New York City : Penguin Press, [2018].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780735222441, 0735222444
Physical Desc
486 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Headquarters Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 330.973 GRE 2018 | In |
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Published
New York City : Penguin Press, [2018].
Language
English
ISBN
9780735222441, 0735222444
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In Capitalism in America, Greenspan distills a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a thrilling and profound master reckoning with the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. In partnership with the celebrated Economist journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a tale involving vast landscapes, titanic figures, triumphant breakthroughs, enlightenment ideals as well as terrible moral failings. Every crucial debate is here--from the role of slavery in the antebellum Southern economy to the real impact of FDR's New Deal to America's violent mood swings in its openness to global trade and its impact. But to read Capitalism in America is above all to be stirred deeply by the extraordinary productive energies unleashed by millions of ordinary Americans that have driven this country to unprecedented heights of power and prosperity. At heart, the authors argue, America's genius has been its unique tolerance for the effects of creative destruction, the ceaseless churn of the old giving way to the new, driven by new people and new ideas. Often messy and painful, creative destruction has also lifted almost all Americans to standards of living unimaginable to even the wealthiest citizens of the world a few generations past. A sense of justice and human decency demands that those who bear the brunt of the pain of change be protected, but America has always accepted more pain for more gain, and its vaunted rise cannot otherwise be understood, or its challenges faced, without recognizing this legacy. For now, in our time, productivity growth has stalled again, stirring up the populist furies. There's no better moment to apply the lessons of history to the most pressing question we face."--Jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Greenspan, A., & Wooldridge, A. (2018). Capitalism in America: a history . Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greenspan, Alan, 1926- and Adrian, Wooldridge. 2018. Capitalism in America: A History. Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greenspan, Alan, 1926- and Adrian, Wooldridge. Capitalism in America: A History Penguin Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Greenspan, Alan, and Adrian Wooldridge. Capitalism in America: A History Penguin Press, 2018.
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