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# Jacob Hacker

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Jacob Stewart Hacker is a professor of political science at Yale University and formerly the director of Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Hacker has written works on social policy, health care reform, and economic insecurity in the United States.

##  Quotes by Jacob Hacker

> [Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-hacker/even-people-who-feel-perfectly-comfortable-investing-in-the-stock/)

Jacob Hacker

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/jacob-hacker-77975_accounts_even-people-who-feel-perfectly-comfortab_1588190.png)

> [If you look at how the US economy has suffered over the last 15 or 20 years, it's in significant part because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-hacker/if-you-look-at-how-the-us-economy-has-suffered-over-the-last-15-or-20/)

Jacob Hacker

[Breakthrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breakthrough/)

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> [Americans believe that people should work hard and get ahead on their own, but when disaster strikes and they need help with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-hacker/americans-believe-that-people-should-work-hard-and-get-ahead-on-their/)

Jacob Hacker

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