Building prosperity : why Ronald Reagan and the Founding Fathers were right on the economy /
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| Author / Creator: | Heck, Gene W. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007. |
| Description: | xxiv, 257 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6621532 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Building Twenty-first Century Governance for the Twenty-first Century "New Economy"
- Part I. In Quest of "Economic Man"
- 1. Reflections on the Opportunity Costs of Failing to "Seize the Moment"
- 2. "Economic Man" and the Quest for Capital Gain
- Part II. Overarching Issues
- 3. Why Bureaucracy Is Costly
- 4. Why Regulatory Costs Matter
- 5. Why Tax Levels Matter
- 6. Why Global Trade Competitiveness Matters
- 7. Why Technology-Based Development Matters
- 8. Education and the Technology Development Process
- Part III. "Responsible Remedies": An American Agenda
- 9. What Doesn't Work: The Economic Problem with the Liberal Pabulum
- Epilogue. America: A Shining City on a Hill
- Appendix. The American Competitiveness Agenda
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
