| Edition |
1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. |
| Description |
vii, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Reactive policies. Energy independence and protectionism ; Energy independence and foreign policy ; Offshore drilling ; Cap-and-trade regulations ; Nuclear power ; Fiscal stimulus ; The increase in public debt ; Is the stimulus working? ; Cash for clunkers ; Tax the rich to pay for government ; President Obama and health care ; Minimum wage laws and unions create unemployment -- Pt. 2: Fiscal policy. Getting tax policies right ; Grow the pie or divide the pie ; Economic fiction is driving fiscal policies ; Righting our economic course: the complete flat tax ; Tax amnesty ; Addressing global warming while growing the economy ; Fight poverty and the poverty trap with enterprise zones ; Other flat-tax proposals -- Pt. 3: Monetary and trade policies: interest rates, exchange rates, and inflation. Monetary policy ; There is no connection between growth and inflation ; Setting the stage for financial collapse: the alchemy of 2003-2009 ; Lessons from the great depression ; Trade policy -- Summary: a prescription for America. |
| Summary |
"When Arthur B. Laffer spearheaded the theory of supply-side economics and became a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board, he took his place as an economic icon. More recently, he joined with Stephen Moore and Peter J. Tanous to write The End of Prosperity - a clarion call delineating what is wrong with current political approaches to America's present economic challenges. Now Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore follow the success of The End of Prosperity with a book even more vital to America and Americans, delivering a plan that shows how our country can regain its lost prosperity." "In The End of Prosperity, the authors primarily discussed how lower taxes are essential to economic growth. Now, in Return to Prosperity, they detail the other essential components: putting government at all levels on a low-fat diet; emphasizing debt reduction and retirement; and bringing back the investor class in America, where every American can "own a piece of the rock.""--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States -- Foreign economic relations.
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| Added Author |
Moore, Stephen, 1960-
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| ISBN |
9781439159927 |
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1439159920 |
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