Winner-Take-All Politics

This paradigm-shifting work reveals the real culprit behind the growing income inequality in America - winner-take-all politics. Discover how the rich have managed to restructure the economy to benefit themselves, while tearing new holes in the safety net and saddling the middle class with increased debt and risk. Political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson provide an entertaining and lively tour of the evidence against the culprit, tracing the rise of the winner-take-all economy back to the late 1970s. With gripping narration of the epic battles waged during President Obama's first two years in office, this book points the way to rebuilding a democracy that serves the interests of the many rather than just those of the wealthy few.