The 4% solution : unleashing the economic growth America needs /
Four percent solution
foreword by George W. Bush ; introduction by James K. Glassman ; edited by Brendan Miniter.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Crown Business, c2012.
- xxvi, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-325) and index.
Why we grow / Incentives / The history and future of economic growth / More time on the job / At home in the great recession / Spending, taxes, and certainty : a road map to 4% / Sound money, sound policy / Not all growth is good / Entrepreneurs and creative destruction / Baseball's answer to growth / The role of intangibles / The virtuous cycle/ Growth needs trade / Market-friendly energy / Social Security reform and economic growth / Education quality and economic growth / When illegals stop crossing the border / Immigration and growth / How technology can lead a boom / Growth lessons from Calvin Coolidge / The moral imperative of a free economy / Brendan Miniter -- W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm -- Robert E. Lucas, Jr. -- Edward C. Prescott -- Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith -- Kevin Hassett -- David Malpass -- Myron Scholes -- Peter G. Klein -- Robert Litan -- Nick Schulz -- Maria Minniti -- Carlos Gutierrez -- Steven F. Hayward and Kenneth P. Green -- Charles Blahous and Jason J. Fichtner -- Eric A. Hanushek -- Gary S. Becker -- Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny -- Floys Kvamme -- Amity Shlaes -- 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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