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The 4% solution : unleashing the economic growth America needs / foreword by George W. Bush ; introduction by James K. Glassman ; edited by Brendan Miniter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown Business, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvi, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307986146 (hbk.)
  • 0307986144 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Four percent solution
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973 23
LOC classification:
  • HC 106.84 F773 2012
Contents:
Why we grow / Brendan Miniter -- Incentives / W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm -- The history and future of economic growth / Robert E. Lucas, Jr. -- More time on the job / Edward C. Prescott -- At home in the great recession / Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith -- Spending, taxes, and certainty : a road map to 4% / Kevin Hassett -- Sound money, sound policy / David Malpass -- Not all growth is good / Myron Scholes -- Entrepreneurs and creative destruction / Peter G. Klein -- Baseball's answer to growth / Robert Litan -- The role of intangibles / Nick Schulz -- The virtuous cycle/ Maria Minniti -- Growth needs trade / Carlos Gutierrez -- Market-friendly energy / Steven F. Hayward and Kenneth P. Green -- Social Security reform and economic growth / Charles Blahous and Jason J. Fichtner -- Education quality and economic growth / Eric A. Hanushek -- When illegals stop crossing the border / Gary S. Becker -- Immigration and growth / Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny -- How technology can lead a boom / Floys Kvamme -- Growth lessons from Calvin Coolidge / Amity Shlaes -- The moral imperative of a free economy / Michael Novak.
Summary: Citing formidable statistics in unemployment and mortgage deficits, the policy research arm of the Bush Presidential Center and Library outlines a blueprint for restoring America's economic health that calls for the establishment of a GDP growth rate of four percent.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-325) and index.

Why we grow / Brendan Miniter -- Incentives / W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm -- The history and future of economic growth / Robert E. Lucas, Jr. -- More time on the job / Edward C. Prescott -- At home in the great recession / Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith -- Spending, taxes, and certainty : a road map to 4% / Kevin Hassett -- Sound money, sound policy / David Malpass -- Not all growth is good / Myron Scholes -- Entrepreneurs and creative destruction / Peter G. Klein -- Baseball's answer to growth / Robert Litan -- The role of intangibles / Nick Schulz -- The virtuous cycle/ Maria Minniti -- Growth needs trade / Carlos Gutierrez -- Market-friendly energy / Steven F. Hayward and Kenneth P. Green -- Social Security reform and economic growth / Charles Blahous and Jason J. Fichtner -- Education quality and economic growth / Eric A. Hanushek -- When illegals stop crossing the border / Gary S. Becker -- Immigration and growth / Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny -- How technology can lead a boom / Floys Kvamme -- Growth lessons from Calvin Coolidge / Amity Shlaes -- The moral imperative of a free economy / Michael Novak.

Citing formidable statistics in unemployment and mortgage deficits, the policy research arm of the Bush Presidential Center and Library outlines a blueprint for restoring America's economic health that calls for the establishment of a GDP growth rate of four percent.

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