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Winner-Take-All PoliticsA ground-breaking book on one of the great economic crises of our time -- why the richest of the rich are getting richer while we're not.Read More
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Sun Gazette, April 24, 2012
...Winner-Take All Politics, How Washington made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. I think it can been seen that it is not a level playing field for average people and will never be again. 252 W....
Salon, December 22, 2011
...by Tony Judt by David Graeber by Jeffrey D. Sachs by Chris Hedges by Katrina Vanden Heuvel by Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson by Thomas Geoghegan by David Harvey About Politics & Prose The most obvious thing that distinguishes Politics & Prose is our...
Maryland Daily Record, November 6, 2011
...ago (1908) by The University of Chicago Press and “The Great Risk Shift” by Yale political science professor, Jacob S. Hacker. As Nicholas Lemann, a critic-at-large for The New Yorker has observed, “The Process of Government” is a “hedgehog”...
Nieman Watchdog, November 2, 2011
...this perhaps the best book on politics of the last two years: . Two accomplished political scientists wrote it: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of political science, who wanted to know how America had turned into a...
Huffington Post, November 2, 2011
...Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class . Two accomplished political scientists wrote it: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson - the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of political science, who wanted to know how America had turned into...
Wis Business.com, October 20, 2011
...of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class. Jacob Hacker will speak at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the main floor forum at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard...
Isthmus Daily Page, October 20, 2011
...UW Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies by Jacob Hacker Call: 329-4150 Web: www.secfac.wisc.edu More Information: Jacob S. Hacker, PhD, will present the Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies with his lecture " " Thursday 20...
Workers World Online, March 1, 2012
...class exploitation. [i] “Census data: Half of U.S. poor or low income,” Associated Press, Dec. 15. [ii] Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, “Winner-Take-All Politics” (New York: Simon & Schuster, Kindle Edition, 2010), p. 3. [iii] Perry L. Weed,...
Counter Currents, February 28, 2012
...supporters.[I]t means that Republicans attract far more support from lower- and middle-class voters than they would otherwise. (Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson; Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich RicherAnd Turned Its Back on the...
Southern Pines Pilot, February 15, 2012
...I got out of it, insignificant though it was. That's why the recent Washington Post column, by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, caught my eye. "The parallels between Mitt Romney and his father, George - both businessmen, both Republican governors of...
Capital Times, February 15, 2012
...following. Sadly, everything in Mitt Romney’s public and private careers suggests he is unlikely to follow it. Jacob S. Hacker is professor of political science and director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. Paul...
Cape May County Herald, February 13, 2012
...or your car but the very rich have engineered the economy to make them more profit. Political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson have written a book entitled “Winner-Take-All Politics.” They blame our political system for the mess we are in....
Washington Post, February 13, 2012
...hopes” — Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard “Romney is the right man for America. George Romney, that is.” — Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Washington Post “Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It” — Binyamin Appelbaum and...
Washington Post, February 13, 2012
...baseball game, with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on color commentary! Must-reads: Shrinking Senate hopes Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Washington PostEven Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It Binyamin Appelbaum...
