5 Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges
James Stone
May 2016 · HarperCollins
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Simple solutions to America’s five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality, from an esteemed business leader.
A New York Times Bestseller
A Bloomberg Best Book of 2016
Already garnering praise in the academy and on both side of the political aisle for its accessible and hopeful message, James M. Stone’s Five Easy Theses lays out commonsense solutions to our most pressing and seemingly intractable domestic policy problems. In straightforward style, Stone presents five vexing issues and the myths that cloud their resolution, revealing powerful, if controversial, solutions to each. With clear, forward-looking recommendations, he shows how we can:
These vitally important accomplishments are well within our reach, Stone argues, and would only require us to cast off the well-worn partisan straitjacket that has thwarted all attempts to address them in the past. A must-read for anyone regardless of political affiliation who cares about the future of this country, Five Easy Theses shows how America can restore the historical decency and prosperity that made it the envy of the world.
A New York Times Bestseller
A Bloomberg Best Book of 2016
Already garnering praise in the academy and on both side of the political aisle for its accessible and hopeful message, James M. Stone’s Five Easy Theses lays out commonsense solutions to our most pressing and seemingly intractable domestic policy problems. In straightforward style, Stone presents five vexing issues and the myths that cloud their resolution, revealing powerful, if controversial, solutions to each. With clear, forward-looking recommendations, he shows how we can:
- Shore up Social Security
- Tame the federal deficit
- Rein in Wall Street
- Make health care and education more affordable and effective
- Curb inequalities of wealth and opportunity
These vitally important accomplishments are well within our reach, Stone argues, and would only require us to cast off the well-worn partisan straitjacket that has thwarted all attempts to address them in the past. A must-read for anyone regardless of political affiliation who cares about the future of this country, Five Easy Theses shows how America can restore the historical decency and prosperity that made it the envy of the world.
About the author
JAMES M. STONE is CEO of the Plymouth Rock family of insurance companies, vice chairman of web-based international news service Global Post, and a founding member of the Administrative Committee of Lindsay Goldberg, a large New York–based private equity company. Stone has also served as chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Jimmy Carter, as commissioner of insurance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and as lecturer in economics at Harvard University. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the author of numerous articles on insurance, finance, and economics, as well as a book on the securities industry, he holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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