Summary: This episode we talk with Suzanne Mettler [1] about her new book, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy [2]. Mettler explains how indirect incentives, subsidies, and tax breaks have come to dominate US social policy, but remain unseen and underappreciated by most Americans. Download Office Hours #48 [3]. [1] http://government.arts.cornell.edu/faculty/mettler/ [2] http://www.amazon.com/Submerged-State-Invisible-Government-Undermine/dp/0226521656/ [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH48_Mettler.mp3
