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Author
Publisher
Baraka Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At a time when austerity is claimed by some to be the only answer to today's economic woes, a close look at the best practices used in Scandinavia is edifying. Decision makers everywhere dispose of ample evidence showing that social determinants have an impact on health and wellbeing. Yet governments develop policies that diverge enormously. Scandinavian countries are often cited as models for their egalitarian social and health policies but are also...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America's most prominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the impact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America"--
A recent poll showed 43% of Americans think more socialism would be a good thing. What do these people not know? Socialism has killed millions, but it's now the ideology du jour on American college campuses and among many leftists. Reintroduced...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Essays on the dangers of the wealth and income gap, collected by the New York Times -bestselling author of It's Even Worse Than You Think . This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices -- including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, and David Cay Johnston -- illuminating the reality of economic inequality in America, where in spite of the fury that followed...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When it comes to spotting political abuses and covert conspiracies designed to strip Americans of their rights and freedoms, no one is more vigilant than #1 New York Times bestselling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann ( Screwed! , Revolt!, Fleeced , Outrage ). In their latest call-to-arms, Here Come the Black Helicopters! , Morris and McGann expose the most potent threat to date to our cherished way of life: the brazen and treacherous Liberal...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
America is under siege and unless we act now, it will be too late.
When we cast a false light on reality to avoid recognizing the truth of a situation, it becomes much more difficult to distinguish between what should or should not be acceptable. Uncomfortable truths are brushed aside and malignancy festers. Great societies have toppled because they failed to do what was necessary to save themselves. And America will be no different.
No revolution...
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive solutions-based book for all those questioning why hunger still exists when there is such an abundance of food" ( The Huffington Post , "Food Tank's 2015 Recommended Fall Reading List"). From bestselling authors Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins comes the twenty-first century's authoritative book on world hunger. Lappe and Collins refute the myths that prevent us from addressing the root causes of hunger across the globe. World...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome, Kevin Williamson, a National Review Online contributor, makes the bold argument that the United States government is disintegrating-and that it is a good thing! Williamson offers a radical re-envisioning of government, a powerful analysis of why it doesn't work, and an exploration of the innovative solutions to various social problems that are spontaneously emerging as a result of the failure of politics...
Author
Publisher
Angelico Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Diversity. Inclusiveness. Equality.--ubiquitous words in 21st-century political and social life. But how do those who police the limits of acceptable discourse employ these as verbal weapons to browbeat their often hapless fellows into having a "real conversation"? How do these terms function as mere doublespeak for the expectation of full-scale capitulation to the views of "right-thinking people"? Those who have long been afraid to touch the issues...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a stunning revision of our last great period of idealism, the 1960s, with burning relevance for our contemporary challenges. Great Society is accurate history that reads like a novel, covering the high hopes and catastrophic missteps of our well-meaning leaders." - Alan Greenspan Today, a battle rages in our country. Many Americans are attracted to socialism and economic...
11) Disabling America: The Unintended Consequences of the Government's Protection of the Handicapped
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Despite what many politicians would like you to believe, the Americans with Disabilities Act is a travesty of government regulation -- it actually harms businesses, taxpayers, and, ironically, the people it's supposed to help: disabled Americans. In fact, it is such a disaster that Greg Perry, a man who himself was born disabled, declares in this eye-opening book, I am so very grateful that I was born long before the ADA was put into law." Feisty...
Author
Publisher
Little Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"And sometime, at some point, do something for your country."That quote from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough resonated so deeply with Trek Bicycle President John Burke that he set out to write a book laying out his vision for the country, an America that can once again be a shining city on a hill. Burke says it's time to cut through the political fog and deal with the facts: The U.S. is facing serious, long-term problems, and politicians...
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration, he argues, they will be able to lift themselves up into the middle class and become a new generation of customers and entrepreneurs. Raised in poverty-stricken,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A survey of some of the "fake news" reported to the American people over the last few centuries. According to Robert Sirvent and Danny Haiphong, Americans have been exposed to fake news throughout our history--news that slavery is a thing of the past, that we don't live on stolen land, that wars are fought to spread freedom and democracy, that a rising tide lifts all boats, that prisons keep us safe, and that the police serve and protect. Thus, the...
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