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THE CONSERVATIVE NANNY STATE
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
By Dean Baker
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Doctors and Dishwashers: How the Nanny State Creates Good Jobs for Those at the Top
The Workers are Gettting Uppity: Call In the Fed!
The Secret of High CEO Pay and Other Mysteries of the Corporation
Bill Gates - Welfare Mom: How Government Patent and Copyright Monopolies Enrich the Rich and Distort the Economy
Mommy, Joey Owes Me Money: How Bankruptcy Laws Are Bailing Out the Rich
The Rigged Legal Deck: Torts and Takings (The Nanny State Only Gives)
Small Business Babies
Taxes: It's Not Your Money
Don't Make Big Business Compete Against Government Bureaucrats
Conclusion
Preface
This book is written in frustration and hope. People in the United States who consider themselves progressive must be frustrated over the extent to which conservative political ideologies have managed to dominate public debate about economic policy in the last quarter century. Even when progressives have w