The Land of Too Much

by Monica Prasad

Book Overview

The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country? Why did it experience an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s, known today as the neoliberal revolution? And why did it recently suffer the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years?

Although the United States is often considered a liberal,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066529
• ISBN13: 9780674066526
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"