The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future
| AUTHOR | Brooks, Arthur C. |
| PUBLISHER | Basic Books (07/05/2011) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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America faces a new culture war. It is not a war about guns, abortions, or gays -- rather it is a war against the creeping changes to our entrepreneurial culture, the true bedrock of who we are as a people. The new culture war is a battle between free enterprise and social democracy. Many Americans have forgotten the evils of socialism and the predations of the American Great Society's welfare state programs. But, as American Enterprise Institute's president Arthur C. Brooks reveals in The Battle, the forces for social democracy have returned with a vengeance, expanding the power of the state to a breathtaking degree. The Battle offers a plan of action for the defense of free enterprise; it is at once a call to arms and a crucial redefinition of the political and moral gulf that divides Right and Left in America today. The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.
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ISBN-13:
9780465022120
ISBN-10:
046502212X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
208
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
5.65 x 0.56 x 8.23 inches
Weight:
0.46 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
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Price on Product,
Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Science | Government & Business
Political Science | Free Enterprise & Capitalism
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
322.309
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America faces a new culture war. It is not a war about guns, abortions, or gays -- rather it is a war against the creeping changes to our entrepreneurial culture, the true bedrock of who we are as a people. The new culture war is a battle between free enterprise and social democracy. Many Americans have forgotten the evils of socialism and the predations of the American Great Society's welfare state programs. But, as American Enterprise Institute's president Arthur C. Brooks reveals in The Battle, the forces for social democracy have returned with a vengeance, expanding the power of the state to a breathtaking degree. The Battle offers a plan of action for the defense of free enterprise; it is at once a call to arms and a crucial redefinition of the political and moral gulf that divides Right and Left in America today. The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.
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Author:
Brooks, Arthur C.
Arthur C. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute, where he is also the Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise. Until 2009, he was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. Before entering academia, he spent twelve years as a professional French hornist with the City Orchestra of Barcelona and other ensembles. Mr. Brooks is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of ten books, most recently the 2012 bestseller The Road to Freedom. He is a native of Seattle and currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Ester, and their three children.
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