Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Great Deformation: The Corruption Of Capitalism In AmericaISBN13:9781610395236ISBN10:1610395239Author:Stockman, David (Author)Description:A New York Times Bestseller The Great Deformation Is A Searing Look At Washington's Craven Response To The Recent Myriad Of Financial Crises And Fiscal Cliffs It Counters Conventional Wisdom With An Eighty-Year Revisionist History Of How The American State--Especially The Federal Reserve--Has Fallen Prey To The Politics Of Crony Capitalism And The Ideologies Of Fiscal Stimulus, Monetary Central Planning, And Financial Bailouts These Forces Have Left The Public Sector Teetering On The Edge Of Political Dysfunction And Fiscal Collapse And Have Caused America's Private Enterprise Foundation To Morph Into A Speculative Casino That Swindles The Masses And Enriches The Few Defying Right- And Left-Wing Boxes, David Stockman Provides A Catalogue Of Corrupters And Defenders Of Sound Money, Fiscal Rectitude, And Free Markets The Former Includes Franklin Roosevelt, Who Fathered Crony Capitalism; Richard Nixon, Who Destroyed National Financial Discipline And The Bretton Woods Gold-Backed Dollar; Fed Chairmen Greenspan And Bernanke, Who Fostered Our Present Scourge Of Bubble Finance And Addiction To Debt And Speculation; George W Bush, Who Repudiated Fiscal Rectitude And Ballooned The Warfare State Via Senseless Wars; And Barack Obama, Who Revived Failed Keynesian Borrow And Spend Policies That Have Driven The National Debt To Perilous Heights By Contrast, The Book Also Traces A Parade Of Statesmen Who Championed Balanced Budgets And Financial Market Discipline Including Carter Glass, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Simon, Paul Volcker, Bill Clinton, And Sheila Bair Stockman's Analysis Skewers Keynesian Spenders And Gop Tax-Cutters Alike, Showing How They Converged To Bloat The Welfare State, Perpetuate The Military-Industrial Complex, And Deplete The Revenue Base--Even As The Fed's Massive Money Printing Allowed Politicians To Enjoy Deficits Without Tears But These Policies Have Also Fueled New Financial Bubbles And Favored Wall Street With Cheap Money And Rigged Stock And Bond Markets, While Crushing Main Street Savers And Punishing Family Budgets With Soaring Food And Energy Costs The Great Deformation Explains How We Got Here And Why These Warped, Crony Capitalist Policies Are An Epochal Threat To Free Market Prosperity And American Political Democracy Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:PublicAffairsPublication Date:2014-09-02Weight:2 lbsDimensions:2.1'' H x 9.1'' L x 6.1'' WNumber of Pages:768Language:English
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Book Title: Great Deformation : the Corruption of Capitalism in America
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: David Stockman
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Political Economy, Economic History, Corruption & Misconduct, Finance / General, Industries / Financial Services, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Government & Business
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics, Political Science
Item Weight: 30 oz
Number of Pages: 768 Pages
