Introduction -- The rise of the American corporate elite -- The state and the economy -- Labor as uneasy partner -- The banks as mediators -- The breakdown of the postwar consensus -- Winning the war, but losing the battle: the fragmentation of the American corporate elite -- The aftermath --...

Deutschland ist reich, aber die gängigen Erklärungen sind falsch. So soll Ludwig Erhard der "Vater" des Wirtschaftswunders gewesen sein - in Wahrheit war er ein unfähiger Ökonom, ein Profiteur im Dritten Reich und ein Lügner. Die Bundesbank war angeblich die unbestechliche "Hüterin der...

The thirty-years war -- The puzzling politics of winner-take-all -- The winner-take-all economy -- How the winner-take-all economy was made -- A brief history of Democratic capitalism -- The rise of winner-take-all politics -- The unseen revolution of the 1970s -- The politics of organized...

A third way perspective -- Employment growth: it's strengths and limitations -- Evaluating targeted policies -- Combating racial earnings disparities -- Combating gender earnings disparities -- Refocusing community college programs -- Strengthening partnerships -- Revising government tax...