Obamanomics How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics

by Talbott, John R.

• ISBN13: 9781583228654
• ISBN10: 1583228659
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

Best-selling author John R. Talbott, widely regarded as one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis, turns his attention to the economic possibilities achievable under a Barack Obama presidency. Obama's greatest strength is his ability to bring the country together. For too long divisions among races, religions, political views, cultures, genders, and sexual preferences have prevented Americans from coming together to solve the most important problems of our generation. Global warming, lobbying reform, poverty, health care, wars, terrorism, education, housing and banking reform, and energy and water shortages-these are complex global problems that Talbott argues cannot be left to the free market business world or governments to solve.Once emphasis is placed on citizen involvement, real solutions become apparent to our most pressing problems. A completely laissez-faire world of unregulated markets and uncontrolled globalization can be returned to a properly regulated free market that responds to the voice of a democratic people. And the American values of goodness, justice, and fairness to all Americans reflected in this young man of Africa and Kansas can once again be incorporated into our economic and financial system.A former investment banker for Goldman Sachs, John R. Talbott is the author of four books on economics and politics, including The Coming Crash in the Housing Market. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC, and CBS Marketwatch and has written for The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and The Boston Globe.

Author Biography

A former investment banker for Goldman Sachs, John R. Talbott is the author of four books on economics and politics, including "The Coming Crash of the Housing Market," a bestseller that predicted the current housing and mortgage crisis. He's appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC, CBS Marketwatch and written for The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 13
Economic Justice	p. 29
Economic Opportunity	p. 51
The Current Financial Crisis	p. 69
The Biggest Problem: Corporate Lobbying	p. 95
Globalization and Jobs	p. 113
Global Warming and Energy Policy	p. 127
Affordable Healthcare	p. 147
The Aging of the Population	p. 161
Cooperation is the Key	p. 175
Ethics and Economics: My Brother's Keeper	p. 187
Epilogue	p. 199
Notes	p. 205
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