White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
by Simon Johnson; James Kwak
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New York: Pantheon, April 2012. Hardcover. First edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. Red dot to bottom edge. Not clipped. 352 pages.
White House Burning demystifies the national debt, explaining whence it came and, even more important, what it means to you and to future generations. It tells the story of the Founding Fathers' divisive struggles over taxes and spending. It charts the rise of the almighty dollar, which makes it easy for the United States to borrow money. It y accounts for the debasement of our political system in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced today's dysfunctional and impotent Congress. And it shows how, if we persist on our current course, the national debt will harm ordinary Americans by reducing the number of jobs, lowering living standards, increasing inequality, and forcing a sudden and drastic reduction in the government services we now take for granted. It also provides a clear and compelling vision for how our debt crisis can be solved while strengthening our economy and preserving the essential functions of government.
White House Burning demystifies the national debt, explaining whence it came and, even more important, what it means to you and to future generations. It tells the story of the Founding Fathers' divisive struggles over taxes and spending. It charts the rise of the almighty dollar, which makes it easy for the United States to borrow money. It y accounts for the debasement of our political system in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced today's dysfunctional and impotent Congress. And it shows how, if we persist on our current course, the national debt will harm ordinary Americans by reducing the number of jobs, lowering living standards, increasing inequality, and forcing a sudden and drastic reduction in the government services we now take for granted. It also provides a clear and compelling vision for how our debt crisis can be solved while strengthening our economy and preserving the essential functions of government.
Synopsis
Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. James Kwak is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He previously co-founded Guidewire Software. Visit them at: http://baselinescenario.com/ Follow: http://twitter.com/baselinescene
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- Title
- White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
- Author
- Simon Johnson; James Kwak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307906965
- ISBN 13
- 9780307906960
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- April 2012
- Pages
- 352
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- banks, banking, budget deficits, business, consumer behavior, decision-making, economics, government, government spending, history, national debt, problem solving, publilc debt, public finance, taxes, United States
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- Politics & Government; History; Economics;
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