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The Neoliberal Turn: How Deregulation Rewrote the Rules (1945–2008) Subtitle: From the "Golden Age" to the 2008 crash, the US shifted from shared prosperity to financialized inequality. After World War II, the United States was the undisputed economic superpower. It produced 50% of global manufactured goods. Unlike
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When Government Ran Everything (And Why We Loved It) (1900–1945) Subtitle: From the first regulatory state to the New Deal, the US discovered that big government could actually save capitalism. For decades, the Gilded Age had been defined by a single, persistent myth: that the government stayed out of
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Railroads, Robber Barons, and the Laissez-Faire Lie (1865–1900) Subtitle: The Gilded Age wasn't a time of "free markets." It was the era of the biggest government handouts in American history. When we think of the Gilded Age (roughly 1870s–1900), we usually picture "captains
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The Myth of the Free Market: How the US Actually Got Started (1776–1865) Subtitle: Spoiler: It was never free. It was always built, subsidized, and fiercely debated. Let's start with an uncomfortable truth: the American economy did not begin as a free-market experiment. For over a century