| Description |
xii, 288 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "We never believed in progress anyway" -- Ideas for making America safer and stronger -- "A heckuva job": politicizing the government -- The Nixon doctrine: the unitary executive -- "We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators": benevolent hegemony -- Ideas for making government smaller and more efficient -- Lucky duckies: tax cuts for the rich -- Rocky Mountain lows: state tax-and-spending limits -- Sophisticated sabotage: "smart" regulation -- Ideas for replacing government "monopolies" with market competition -- "It hasn't worked like we thought it would in theory": marketizing the schools -- "Tough it out": health savings accounts and malpractice "reform" -- "A sure loser": social security privatization -- America's real problem--and how to overcome it. |
| Subject |
Conservatism -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
0470044365 (cloth) |
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9780470044360 (cloth) |
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