{"product_id":"the-captured-economy-how-the-powerful-enrich-themselves-slow-down-growth-and-increase-inequality-paperback","title":"The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrink Lindsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteven M. Teles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, America has been plagued by slow economic growth and increasing inequality. In \u003cem\u003eThe Captured Economy\u003c\/em\u003e, Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles identify a common factor behind these twin ills: breakdowns in democratic governance that allow wealthy special interests to capture the policymaking process for their own benefit. They document the proliferation of regressive regulations that redistribute wealth and income up the economic scale while stifling entrepreneurship and innovation. They also detail the most important cases of regulatory barriers that have worked to shield the powerful from the rigors of competition, thereby inflating their incomes: subsidies for the financial sector's excessive risk taking, overprotection of copyrights and patents, favoritism toward incumbent businesses through occupational licensing schemes, and the NIMBY-led escalation of land use controls that drive up rents for everyone else. An original and counterintuitive interpretation of the forces driving inequality and stagnation, \u003cem\u003eThe Captured Economy\u003c\/em\u003e will be necessary reading for anyone concerned about America's mounting economic problems and how to improve the social tensions they are sparking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrink Lindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e is Vice Policy President and Director of the Open Society Project at the Niskanen Center. He is the author of, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven M. Teles\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and Senior Fellow at the Nikansen Center. He is the author of, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePrison Break: Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45254936395878,"sku":"9780190059002","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RWdmR0M2cmNnb3ZnV1lZaGhYcEZaUT09.webp?v=1773629315","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-captured-economy-how-the-powerful-enrich-themselves-slow-down-growth-and-increase-inequality-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}