First published 2016
James M. Stone argues that America's most urgent policy challenges have straightforward solutions hiding in plain sight. The business leader and economic expert identifies five critical areas where the country struggles: Social Security's funding gaps, an unrestrained financial sector, growing inequality, expensive healthcare, and costly education. Stone presents concrete policy options for each problem. He shows how these measures could maintain or boost government revenue while steering the economy toward broader prosperity. Stone demonstrates that the tools already exist to create meaningful change. His approach focuses on practical implementation rather than theoretical debate. The book reveals that building a more democratic and prosperous nation requires neither revolutionary thinking nor impossible political compromises, just the will to use available solutions.
Genres: business, politics, economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: practical-solutions
282 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt