{"product_id":"2026200013730-secondhand-the-american-disease","title":"The American Disease","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a moment when America's economic dominance seems unassailable, George C. Lodge issues a penetrating diagnosis: the United States is suffering from a chronic ideological ailment that is quietly hollowing out its competitive foundations. The American Disease argues that the nation's faltering economic system is not the product of bad luck or cyclical downturns, but rather the inevitable consequence of clinging to an outdated, individualistic ideology ill-suited to the demands of modern global competition. Lodge, a Harvard Business School professor and authority on political economy, presents a rigorous and unflinching audit of the gap between America's governing myths and its lived economic realities, offering concrete recommendations for how the trend can be reversed with a minimum of crisis.\n\nDrawing on a commanding synthesis of history, political theory, and comparative economics, Lodge illustrates how nations like Japan and Germany succeeded by embracing a more communitarian model — and argues that America must undergo a fundamental ideological transformation to survive. His prose is sharp, his analysis authoritative, and his prescriptions are as bold as they are controversial. For any reader who has wondered why the world's wealthiest nation so often seems unable to manage its own affairs, this work offers answers that are as unsettling as they are indispensable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160900083931,"sku":"2026200013730-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4b873098-7978-4f54-95bc-4e46fa205f5a.png?v=1787188322","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013730-secondhand-the-american-disease","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}