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Modern capitalism, incorporating creative destruction, creates economic losers and winners. This produces the anger and resentment that generates populist politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Washington think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Heritage Foundation have become so large and influential in recent years that they now constitute virtually a new branch of the political system. In this engrossing and lively book, David M. Ricci brillantly explores the parallel and convergent social, economic, and political trends within America that have transformed government in Washington ...

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In order to describe an American civic ideal for those who enjoy membership in the state and the obligations entailed, this study traces its development in American history. Starting from the republicanism of pre-1865, the book follows the widening of the franchise following post-1865 economic development. It characterizes the twentieth century by the increase and subsequent decline of consumerism, and by the development, in later years, of th...

Why do conservatives tell stories? Because it helps them win elections and assail liberal policies like health care reform and economic stimulus

Why do conservatives tell stories? Because it helps them win elections and assail liberal policies like health care reform and economic stimulus

An easily accessible analysis of civic trends in America that highlights much of what is decent in American life.