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Something has gone seriously wrong with the American economy. The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years. But virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Incomes have been flat since 1985. Inequality has grown, and social mobility has dropped dramatically. Equally troubling, these policies have been devastating to both American productivity and our long-term competitiveness. Many reasons for these failures have been proposed. Globalization. Union greed. Outsourcing. But none of these explanations can address the harsh truth that many countries around the world are dramatically outperforming the U.S. in delivering broad middle-class prosperity. And this is despite the fact that these countries are more exposed than America to outsourcing and globalization and have much higher levels of union membership. In What Went Wrong , George R. Tyler, a veteran of the World Bank and the Treasury Department, takes the reader through an objective and data-rich examination of the American experience over the last 30 years. He provides a fascinating comparison between the America and the experience of the “family capitalism” countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Over the last 30 years, they have outperformed the U.S. economy by the only metric that really matters—delivering better lives for their citizens. The policies adopted by the family capitalist countries aren’t socialist or foreign. They are the same policies that made the U.S. economy of the 1950s and 1960s the strongest in the world. What Went Wrong describes exactly what went wrong with the American economy, how countries around the world have avoided these problems, and what we need to do to get back on the right track. Americans have long been proud of the strength and robustness of their economy. Weve been told from the time we were children that we live in the best country in the world, with the most expanding and dynamic economy. Weve been told that we live in the home of the American Dream, a country thatmore than any otherallows people to rise up from poverty into the ranks of the rich. But the truth is average real incomes in the United States have been flat for more than three decades. Economic inequality in the United States is now closer to a third-world country than to our first-world peers, and is growing. Many things have been blamed for these failuresglobalization, outsourcing, economic cycles, weakening education, and so onbut the reality is that the failure of our economy stems directly from a set of political and economic choices voters have made since the early 1980s. Proof of this is embodied in several countriesAustralia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Swedenthat practice "family capitalism, a variation of free-market capitalism that emphasizes corporate productivity and growth in family incomes. These countries, facing even harsher challenges than the United States, have achieved dramatically better results: growing wages, higher productivity, higher incomes, and lower inequality. This isnt about the size of government or social welfare programs. And it isnt about left versus rightprudent Australia, for example, had a right-wing government for many years and is ranked by the Heritage Foundation as far more free than the United States. Its about policies on wages and corporate governance that have converted globalization to nationwide family prosperity and have been proven over decades to generate superior results. Its about crafting an economy that creates wealth for all, not just for a few. Its about returning to a set of policies that once made the United States the most dynamic and fair economy on the planet. What Went Wrong is a fact-based analysis of how America got on the wrong track and what we can do to return our nation to greatness. It is the most optimistic book about economics you will ever read. The beginning. Facing reality ; What is Reaganomics? ; The triumph of family capitalism The shift. Regulatory capture ; Shareholder capitalism ; A culture of selfishness ; Short-termism ; Small government hypocrisy ; Tax cut cultists ; "Deficits don't matter" ; Illusory prosperity ; Economic mythmaking The results. Wages rise in family capitalism ; The gains from growth ; Income disparity ; The opportunity societies of stakeholder capitalism ; Australian-style wage determination in family capitalism ; Globalization can be a boon or a bane ; How family capitalism prospered from globalization ; Offshoring and the Apple problem ; Domestic content and the Apple problem ; Productivity and investment ; Deindustrializing America marks the Reagan decline ; Poverty ; Delayed American retirement ; Incentivizing and rewarding work Recovery. Rebuilding the American dream ; American family capitalism.