Recommended Books
Recommended Books
Saving Capitalism:  Keeping America Strong (2009)

                by Pat Choate

In Saving Capitalism, economist and bestselling author Pat Choate offers six game-changing actions that can strengthen the U.S. economy now and stimulate long-term, self-sustaining, noninflationary economic growth that will create millions of better jobs.

Free Trade Doesn't Work: Why America Needs a Tariff (2009)

                  by Ian Fletcher

This book is a hard-hitting, very accessible analysis of why free trade is destroying the American economy, plus a debunking of free trade's underlying economics and a proposal for a solution.

(Please note this is the PRE-PUBLICATION EDITION, with any number of errors and defects due to the fact that final proofreading is still going on.)

The Maxims of Politics: Making Government Work (2009)

                   by Thomas S. Mullikin

Filled with examples and analysis from the canons of science, philosophy, literature, and religion, with application in military, political, and issue management campaigns, THE MAXIMS OF POLITICS identifies the 10 rules-to-lead-by that every leader should know. 

In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony (2008)

               by Eamonn Fingleton

In his hot-off-the-press book, the author posits that if we remain complacent in our trade policy, the Chinese economy will surpass ours within the next two decades. A former Forbes and Financial Times editor, Eamonn Fingelton has been analyzing East Asian economic developments since the 1980's. 

The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds  (2008)

              by Professor David Lampton

 "Serious students of world affairs and non-specialists concerned about the outlook for U.S.-China relations will all benefit from the historically-based insights and judgments that fill the pages of this thought-provoking volume. "--
J. Stapleton Roy, former United States ambassador to China

Truck Stop Politics-Understanding the Emerging Force of Working Class America (2006)

              by Thomas S. Mullikin

"Truck Stop Politics" examines the key voting block in America that keeps resurfacing with different names--Roosevelt Democrats, Hardhats, Reagan Democrats, and Red-state Republicans--and looks at how the working class is coming to terms with the 21st-century realities of globalization.

100 Million Unnecessary Tax Returns: A Simple, Fair and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States (2008)

               by Michael J. Graetz

"Michael Graetz has done the near-impossible. He has come up with a sweeping tax reform plan that would simplify the system and retain the progressivity that is the linchpin of the American tax system. The book ought to appeal to liberals and conservatives and ought to be read by every presidential candidate out there."-Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and co-author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Norman Ornstein )

Dangerous Business: The Risks of Globalization for America (2008)

                by Pat Choate

From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also creates dependencies, vulnerabilities, national security risks, and social costs that now outweigh its advantages. 

Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East (2006)

                  by Clyde Prestowitz

Prestowitz, economic trend-spotter, reports, "Over the past two decades . . . China, India and the former Soviet Union all decided to leave their respective socialist workers paradise and drive their 3 billion citizens along the once despised capitalist road." These new capitalists symbolize the threats to end 600 years of Western economic domination as America's lead role in invention and technological innovation lessens and the Internet allows jobs to be performed anywhere. The author offers valuable insight into these important topics currently being debated in government and corporate circles.

Steeling America's Future (2006)

                  by Dan DiMicco

Dan DiMicco is Chairman, President, and CEO of Nucor Corporation, the world's largest recycler and the largest U.S. steel producer. He has emerged as a national leader in the movement to create a comprehensive agenda to restore strength and growth to American manufacturing. He has spearheaded a series of town hall meetings across the county to broaden awareness and spur political action to implement reform to international trade and domestic areas such as the American regulatory, legal, and health care systems. DiMicco continues to be a forceful advocate for returning manufacturing industries to a position of prominence in the American economic system.

 




 

 

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