Robert J Samuelson: 3 books
The Good Life and Its Discontents
The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
A New York Times Business Book Bestseller
"Shrewd and optimistic. . . . [The Good Life and Its Discontents] combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights." —The New Republic
Today Americans are wealthier, healthier, and live longer than...
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
The Great Inflation in the 1960s and 1970s, notes award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson, played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life. The direct consequences included stagnation in living standards, a growing belief—both in America and abroad—that...
Untruth
Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
In Untruth, Newsweek and Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson explains why our political, economic and cultural debates so routinely traffic in misinformation--popular fads that, like meteors, momentarily burn brightly in public consciousness and then fizzle out. Advocacy groups, politicians...