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Five Easy Theses
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  • Published: 5 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781524751548
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Five Easy Theses

Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges

  • James Stone
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America’s five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality.

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable, but some we are entirely capable of solving. In Five Easy Theses, James M. Stone presents specific, common-sense solutions to a handful of our most pressing challenges, showing how simple it would be to shore up Social Security, rein in an out-of-control financial sector, reduce inequality, and make healthcare and education better and more affordable. The means are right in front of us, Stone explains, in various policy options that — if implemented — could preserve or enhance government revenue while also channeling the national economy toward the greater good. 
 
Accessible and thought provoking, Five Easy Theses reveals that a more democratic, prosperous America is well within our reach.

Includes a bonus PDF with charts and figures
  • Published: 5 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781524751548
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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Praise for Five Easy Theses

Praise for Five Easy Theses:

  • "Five Easy Theses sets out key issues of public policy easy to identify in concept but long unresolved in practice. Stone proposes sensible approaches to breaking the long-standing political deadlock. The specific measures to deal with budgetary balance, income inequality, public education, healthcare, and financial reform should provide a guide for constructive debate as we choose our next president."--Paul A. Volcker, chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979 to 1987) under Presidents Carter and Reagan and currently chairman of the Volcker Alliance

  • "Jim Stone has seen health care from all sides and cuts through the complexities to what really matters beautifully."
  • --Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal

  • "This is an excellent book, authoritative, informative, very well written, and of course directed to the big issues people care about."--Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Twice Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction

  • "An important book for readers of any political stripe who want to get beyond the current domestic policy impasse. You may not agree with everything Stone advocates, but every argument he makes is worthy of serious attention."--Tom Daschle, Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (Democrat, S. Dakota)