A review by houlette
American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper by Paul Pierson, Jacob S. Hacker

5.0

If you were to read two books to understand why we are where we are today in 2020, this would be one of them. It combines a compelling case for government's essential role in the US's prosperity in the 20th century with a solid survey of the forces that have been demolishing that role (and the citizenry's belief in that role) for the past forty years. The authors remain optimistic in the end, proposing a pragmatic roadmap for how to rebuild.