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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Algora Pub
Publication date
August 3, 2011
Pages
260
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780875868677
ISBN-10
0875868673
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
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$22.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The book examines national economic problems and offers solutions in a non-economic style, clear and sharp, without obscure jargon. By tracing the political history of taxing and government spending, the author arrives at the conclusion we should never look to the political right to solve any of our problems. The right causes those problems. The nation has historically looked to the left â i.e. progressives â to solve problems, beginning with the Revolutionary War. The author advises to look leftward again, and to stop electing those whose political ideology caused the problems in the first place. Americans had a chance to cut short the massive federal debtâonly to ignore the warnings. George H. W. Bush told the American public in 1980 that the economic proposals of Ronald Reagan amounted to âVoodoo economicsâ. Walter Mondale said in the 1984 campaign that the growing debt was a danger that should be addressed with taxes. President Reagan, who campaigned âto stay the course,â offered what at best could be termed a fairy tale. Americans voted overwhelmingly for the fantasy while at the same time claiming they were not responsible for the looming problem. But politicians will always give what it appears the people want, and the people spoke loud and clear for more fiscal recklessness which future generations may have to pay for. There is a way to a new-and-improved America that may not be as painful or require as much sacrifice as some mainstream pundits believe, but it will require much more than many politicians claim or most Americans want. Politicians on the right continue to tell Americans all will be okay and an economic paradise will bloom if taxesâusually their taxesâare lowered and government simply spends less, except for the military, and to pay interest to those persons and institutions which spent years loading up on Treasury bills, notes and bonds. That is the most-irresponsible position any person can take. The solution, this book intends to show, is to reject the desire to return to the robber-baron pastâfundamentalist capitalismâand to recommit the nation to a path toward Democratic Capitalism begun under Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression, but which has been under attack since the days of the Vietnam Conflict. This book offers possible solutions to several problems, but this requires changes in all areas. Attempts to resolve the nationâs problems by tinkering with taxes and the spending of the federal government defy economic logic. There also needs to be changes in commercial thinking and operations, businessâs relationship to the nation and government, changes in employee relations, and changes in how individuals and businesses are taxed. Government needs to take on more responsibilities in some areasâif that eases the burden on the nationâs corporations and small businesses and enhances quality of life for citizensâwhile government needs to be kept out of other areas. But government must be used; it cannot be dismissed, as many on the unrealistic right seem to want. This book tries to show that equality of rights can be accomplished without diminishing the position of those who view themselves as societyâs elite. It also will debunk the rightâs claim that it wants more freedom and less government or that the left wants more government and less freedom. The reliance on only government to solve societyâs problems is likewise dismissed; the book shows that government should create conditions for solutions through its rules. Then it is up to Americaâs citizens and businesses to actually do what is needed to solve problems.
Editions
Hardcover
from Algora Pub (August 3, 2011)
9780875868684 | details & prices | 236 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Fundamentalist capitalism offers nothing to many Americans, who have little or no control over their futures and are underrepresented or not represented at all in the political sector.
About: Fundamentalist capitalism offers nothing to many Americans, who have little or no control over their futures and are underrepresented or not represented at all in the political sector.
Paperback
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from Algora Pub (August 3, 2011)
9780875868677 | details & prices | 260 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $22.95
About: The book examines national economic problems and offers solutions in a non-economic style, clear and sharp, without obscure jargon.
About: The book examines national economic problems and offers solutions in a non-economic style, clear and sharp, without obscure jargon.
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