check this out....according to the Mises.org description of this brand new book by Thomas Woods ....
"Woods shows how the conventional conservative and liberal solutions fall far short of the mark. He argues here for a wholesale gutting of the state, using massive amounts of data and arguments."
This is exactly what I am arguing here at Mister Center blog: i.e. big government policy orientations have infected (hijacked?) both the political liberal/progressive left AND the conservative right.
Lets go back to the political CENTER where America was founded: on the principles of liberty and limited government.
Woods addresses a huge range of topics in his book that include self destructive, Big government ideas from both the left and the right. Big government is not just a scourge on the left.
The wide range of well intended policy prescriptions included in Woods' book include those related to unemployment, health care, social security, the Fed, regulation of business, the drug war, military build up, labor regulations, government spending, debt, protectionism, and much more.
Notice that this list includes priorities of both the left (e.g. labor regulations, universal health care) and the right (e.g. military build up, drug war) and bipartisan priorities of what I would call the big government center (government spending, the Fed, social security).
In each case, Woods lays out the terrible results of government policy and the prosperity-creating advantages of rolling back every aspect of each.
I've copied below the full book description from the Mises website. If you don't have time to read the book, then by all means read this description.
Book Description
For many decades, the advocates of freedom have pointed to the myriad of ways in which government wrecks society. In this wonderfully well-timed book, Thomas Woods provides the rationale and the road map for taking seriously the ideas of liberty.
This is NOT just another policy tract. This book is filled with surprises about how the government wrecks our lives in unexpected ways. And Woods shows how the conventional conservative and liberal solutions fall far short of the mark. He argues here for a wholesale gutting of the state, using massive amounts of data and arguments.
With a particular focus on the Obama administration's priorities, Woods shows how and why it is time to reverse directions completely: from more government toward a radical unraveling of government intervention. The time is ripe for just such a message.
Woods addresses a huge range of topics here: unemployment, health care, social security, the Fed, regulation of business, the drug war, military build up, labor regulations, government spending, debt, protectionism, and much more.
In each case, he lays out the terrible results of government policy and the prosperity-creating advantages of rolling back every aspect of each.
There are several beautiful aspects to Woods's book. First, the accumulation of data to support the case is extremely useful to anyone who makes a case for freedom. Second, the book puts between two covers information that one might otherwise have to hunt for days to find. Third, the book is beautifully written so that it inspires both radical understanding and action.
As Woods makes clear, this debate is not merely abstract and intellectual. Woods warns that on the present road, the U.S. could find itself in an economic debacle that makes 2008 seem like a mere warm up. He demonstrates the complete inviability of the outrageous spending, the money printing, and debts as far as the eye can see.
Here is a manual for action that is essential for every lover of liberty. Reviewers from Ron Paul to Jeffrey Miron agree that Rollback is the best case yet in print for dismantling the state as we know it.
With a particular focus on the Obama administration's priorities, Woods shows how and why it is time to reverse directions completely: from more government toward a radical unraveling of government intervention. The time is ripe for just such a message.
Woods addresses a huge range of topics here: unemployment, health care, social security, the Fed, regulation of business, the drug war, military build up, labor regulations, government spending, debt, protectionism, and much more.
In each case, he lays out the terrible results of government policy and the prosperity-creating advantages of rolling back every aspect of each.
There are several beautiful aspects to Woods's book. First, the accumulation of data to support the case is extremely useful to anyone who makes a case for freedom. Second, the book puts between two covers information that one might otherwise have to hunt for days to find. Third, the book is beautifully written so that it inspires both radical understanding and action.
As Woods makes clear, this debate is not merely abstract and intellectual. Woods warns that on the present road, the U.S. could find itself in an economic debacle that makes 2008 seem like a mere warm up. He demonstrates the complete inviability of the outrageous spending, the money printing, and debts as far as the eye can see.
Here is a manual for action that is essential for every lover of liberty. Reviewers from Ron Paul to Jeffrey Miron agree that Rollback is the best case yet in print for dismantling the state as we know it.
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