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The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by CrackpotEconomics
Houghton Mifflin
September 2007
On Sale: September 12, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0618685405
EAN: 9780618685400
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
A brilliantly revealing look at how a small group of
economic hucksters have taken over the American political
system and perverted our nation’s policies American politics
has been hijacked. Not by “neocons” or “theocons,” but by a
fringe group of extremists obsessed with radical ideas that
favor no one but themselves and their business interests.
With dark and engaging wit, Jonathan Chait shows how these
canny zealots gamed the political system and the media so
that once unthinkable policies--without a shred of academic
or expert support--now drive the American agenda, regardless
of which party is in power. Why did these ideas succeed in
Washington? How did they take control of policy and sell
short the country’s future? And how do they continue to do
so? Chait tells the outrageous and eye-opening story,
expertly explaining just how politics and economics work in
Washington. Through vivid portraits of self-interested
politicians and pseudo-economists, and in wry analysis of
their bogus theories, Chait gives us the tools to understand
what’s really behind economic debates in Washington: a
riveting drama of greed and deceit.
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