9780812925920 - The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement 1945-1995 von Samuelson, Robert J. (18 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 9.30 X 6.10 X 1.10 inches; 293 pages.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Times Books, 1995. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. First edition. Stated. xxii, 293 pages. Notes. Index. One of the country's most influential commentators attempts to explain why the richest, most powerful, and most democratic nation in the world is overcome by self-doubt and confusion. Samuelson takes a penetrating look at why Americans feel so bad when they are really doing so well, and poses the crucial question: Can America's leaders restore confidence by curbing government that has promised more than it can deliver? Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Ink underlining and marginal notations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. An edition in Very Good+ condition with mild shelfwear and fading around the spine edges in a Very Good dust-jacket that is lightly soiled and scuffed; The Good Life and its Discontents is an exploration of the American Dream in the age of entitlement. The book argues that the American Dream has been undermined by a growing sense of entitlement in the United States, which has led to increased social and economic inequality. The book also discusses the impact of the Vietnam War on the American Dream, and the rise of neoliberalism in the 1990s.; 8vo; 293 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: good condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. Second Printing. 293 pages, 25 cm, acid-free paper, footnotes, highlighting and ink notations in Introduction section only Although we have done remarkably well on the financial front overall since WWII, the author posits that we feel so bad because our expectations were so unrealistic.

Hardcover. First edition. Stated. xxii, 293 p. Footnotes. Notes. Index. One of the country's most influential commentators attempts to explain why the richest, most powerful, and most democratic nation in the world is overcome by self-doubt and confusion. Samuelson takes a penetrating look at why Americans feel so bad when they are really doing so well, and poses the crucial question: Can America's leaders restore confidence by curbing government that has promised more than it can deliver? Good in very good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Corners of several pages turned. Some highlighting noted. Publisher's press release laid in.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Pen underlining on a few pages, dampstain on rear board and top corners on pages, a good only copy in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with corresponding dampstain.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Second printing [stated]. xxii, 293, [5] pages. Ink notation on half-title page. Robert J. Samuelson (born December 23, 1945) wrote a twice-weekly economics column before he retired in September 2020. Both appeared online, and one usually ran in The Washington Post in print on Mondays. He was a columnist for Newsweek magazine from 1984 to 2011. He began his journalism career as a reporter on The Post business desk, from 1969 to 1973. He left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973. His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The New Republic and the Columbia Journalism Review. He joined the National Journal in 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column. He was a contributing editor there from 1981 to 1984, when he left to write for Newsweek. Samuelson does not vote in any elections as he believes that voting interferes with his impartiality as a journalist." From 1973 to 1976, he was a freelance writer. He was an economics reporter and columnist for National Journal magazine from 1976 to 1984 â" when he joined Newsweek. He grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and attended Harvard College. Derived from a Kirkus review: A journalist's diagnosis of what he believes ails the body politic in the latter-day US. Newsweek and Washington Post columnist Samuelson defines the angst, disenchantment, funk, or malaise that has obstructed America's pursuit of happiness these many years since VJ day. Heoffers a clear picture of its causes. In the author's view, the domestic economy fared so well in the years immediately following WW II that the electorate began to assume Big Government in league with Big Business could guarantee not only endless affluence but also such ancillary blessings as upward mobility, cradle-to-grave financial security, racial harmony, reduced crime rates, greater social justice, and even a more stable world order. In time, he notes, the shared credo of entitlement expanded to include a new imperative: personal fulfillment, a permissive ethic that discarded traditional rules of conduct, devalued accountability, and imposed burdens on institutions. It eventually became apparent that the state was but one of the many global influences on the US economy. Nor, it developed, could corporate managers credibly claim to be miracle workers. Worse yet, risk and pain proved concomitants of capitalism's rewards, a reality that frequently pitted competitiveness against compassion in the marketplace. In the meantime, hordes of interest groups emerged to plead their parochial causes, while Washington failed to deliver on many promises. Among other unfortunate consequences, the public's faith in government has been eroded if not destroyed. At the close, Samuelson provides a renewal agenda based on curbing the `casual use of government . . . as the problem solver of last resort' and a commitment to individual responsibility.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 293 pages. Acid-free paper, footnotes, references, index, some pencil underlining, pencil notes on rear endpaper. Signed on half-title. Although we have done remarkably well on the financial front overall since World War II, we feel so bad because our expectations were so unrealistic.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First edition. First Edition [stated]. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xxii, [2], 293, [3] Notes. Index. Signed by author. Inscription signed 'Sam". Robert J. Samuelson (born December 23, 1945) wrote a twice-weekly economics column before he retired in September 2020. Both appeared online, and one usually ran in The Washington Post in print on Mondays. He was a columnist for Newsweek magazine from 1984 to 2011. He began his journalism career as a reporter on The Post business desk, from 1969 to 1973. He left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973. His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The New Republic and the Columbia Journalism Review. He joined the National Journal in 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column. He was a contributing editor there from 1981 to 1984, when he left to write for Newsweek. Samuelson does not vote in any elections as he believes that voting interferes with his impartiality as a journalist." From 1973 to 1976, he was a freelance writer. He was an economics reporter and columnist for National Journal magazine from 1976 to 1984 â" when he joined Newsweek. He grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and attended Harvard College. Derived from a Kirkus review: A journalist's diagnosis of what he believes ails the body politic in the latter-day US. Newsweek and Washington Post columnist Samuelson defines the angst, disenchantment, funk, or malaise that has obstructed America's pursuit of happiness these many years since VJ day. Heoffers a clear picture of its causes. In the author's view, the domestic economy fared so well in the years immediately following WW II that the electorate began to assume Big Government in league with Big Business could guarantee not only endless affluence but also such ancillary blessings as upward mobility, cradle-to-grave financial security, racial harmony, reduced crime rates, greater social justice, and even a more stable world order. In time, he notes, the shared credo of entitlement expanded to include a new imperative: personal fulfillment, a permissive ethic that discarded traditional rules of conduct, devalued accountability, and imposed burdens on institutions. It eventually became apparent that the state was but one of the many global influences on the US economy. Nor, it developed, could corporate managers credibly claim to be miracle workers. Worse yet, risk and pain proved concomitants of capitalism's rewards, a reality that frequently pitted competitiveness against compassion in the marketplace. In the meantime, hordes of interest groups emerged to plead their parochial causes, while Washington failed to deliver on many promises. Among other unfortunate consequences, the public's faith in government has been eroded if not destroyed. At the close, Samuelson provides a renewal agenda based on curbing the `casual use of government . . . as the problem solver of last resort' and a commitment to individual responsibility.