{"product_id":"debacle-obamas-war-on-jobs-and-growth-and-what-we-can-do-now-to-regain-our-future-hardback-9781118186176","title":"Debacle; Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future (Hardback) 9781118186176","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDebacle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eObama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGrover Glenn Norquist (Author), John R. Lott, Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118186176, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.417 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative critique of the Obama administration's economic policies and an examination of America's difficult economic future\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDuring the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised \"a net spending cut\" to make government smaller in order to reduce the deficit. But this huge increase in government spending and debt, and the resulting prospect of higher taxes, will make America a poorer country. Are Americans happier because the government has determined where this money should be spent? According to John Lott and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, the answer is no, and in \u003ci\u003eDebacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e they explain why.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObama's economic policies have raised unemployment, slowed economic growth, dramatically raised the national debt, squandered taxpayer money through poor investments, and damaged the housing market. The book explains why Obama's policies on spending, taxes, and regulation have all worked to harm the recovery, increase unemployment, and depress housing prices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Congressional Budget Office estimates that the deficits that President Obama proposes for the years from 2011 through 2020 come to a staggering $126,000 per family of four, and John Lott and Grover Norquist make clear why the costs outweigh the benefits\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains why Keynesian economics is more a way of transferring wealth to political constituencies than a legitimate economic theory for understanding how the economy operates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePosits that Obama's economic policies were more an opportunity \"to do big things\" than to solve the country's economic problems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing that the policies of the Obama administration have created widespread economic chaos, \u003ci\u003eDebacle\u003c\/i\u003e is a bleak look at American finance from Grover Norquist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction The Players 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Financial Crisis 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Worst Recovery on Record 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Stimulus Made Things Worse 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Would the Economy Have Been in Worse Shape without the Stimulus? 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Regulatory Thuggery 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 We Have Seen What Happened under Obama. So Now What Do We Do? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion Obama’s Legacy 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix Looking at the Fifty States 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 219\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417757643032,"sku":"9781118186176","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118186176_261275.jpg?v=1784507119","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/debacle-obamas-war-on-jobs-and-growth-and-what-we-can-do-now-to-regain-our-future-hardback-9781118186176","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}