American Gridlock: Why the Right and Left Are Both Wrong - Commonsense 101 Solutions to the Economic Crises Contributor(s): Brock, H. Woody (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470638923 ISBN-13: 9780470638927 Publisher: Wiley
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2012 |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
Dewey: 330.973 |
LCCN: 2011039260 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9" L (1.05 lbs) 304 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: A sensible solution to getting our economy back on track Pessimism is ubiquitous throughout the Western World as the pressing issues of massive debt, high unemployment, and anemic economic growth divide the populace into warring political camps. Right-and Left-wing ideologues talk past each other, with neither side admitting the other has any good ideas. In American Gridlock, leading economist and political theorist H. Woody Brock bridges the Left/Right divide, illuminating a clear path out of our economic quagmire. Arguing from first principles and with rigorous logic, Brock demonstrates that the choice before us is not between free market capitalism and a government-driven economy. Rather, the solution to our problems will require enactment of constructive policies that allow true capitalism to flourish even as they incorporate social policies that help those who truly need it. Brock demonstrates how deductive logic (as opposed to ideologically driven data analysis) can transform the way we think about these problems and lead us to new and different solutions that cross the ideological divide. Drawing on new theories such as game theory and the economics of uncertainty that are based upon deductive logic, Brock reveals fresh ideas for tackling issues central to the 2012 U.S, Presidential election and to the nation's long-run future:
Profound, timely and important, American Gridlock cuts through the stale biases of the Right and Left, advances new ways of thinking, and provides creative solutions to the problems that threaten American society. |
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