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9780312424626

Running on Empty How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312424626

  • ISBN10:

    0312424620

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-07-08
  • Publisher: Picador

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Summary

The national bestseller, described by Tom Brokaw as the wake-up call we cannot ignore, with a new preface by the author Acclaimed by all sides of the political spectrum, Peter Peterson's Running on Empty not only traces the deterioration of America's finances but offers solutions. This national bestseller is required reading for everyone concerned with America's long-term economic survival. In clear and concise prose, Peterson offers America not only a vision but the practical steps by which to ensure our children's economic future. Running on Empty is not only a warning, it is also a manifesto calling for the next administration to finally confront a deep and disturbing problem that politicians of all parties have insisted on ignoring for too long.

Author Biography

Peter G. Peterson is the author of Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America--and the World. He is chairman of The Blackstone Group and chairman
of The Council on Foreign Relations.

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION vii
Preface: WHY THIS BOOK NOW? xxvii
CHAPTER 1: BANKRUPT PARTIES, BANKRUPT NATION 3(26)
CHAPTER 2: WHY DEFICITS MATTER TO YOU AND YOUR FUTURE 29(27)
CHAPTER 3: THE CHALLENGE AT HOME: THE AGING OF AMERICA 56(24)
CHAPTER 4: THE CHALLENGE ABROAD: A DANGEROUS WORLD 80(27)
CHAPTER 5: HOW THE DEMOCRATS GOT US INTO THIS MESS (WITH REPUBLICAN HELP) 107(23)
CHAPTER 6: HOW THE REPUBLICANS GOT U5 MUCH DEEPER (WITH DEMOCRATIC HELP) 130(17)
CHAPTER 7: TEN PARTISAN MYTHS 147(23)
CHAPTER 8: WHY AMERICA IS CHOOSING THE WRONG FUTURE 170(24)
CHAPTER 9: HOW WE CAN REBUILD OUR FUTURE-AND OUR POLITICS 194(32)
CHAPTER 10: A LETTER TO THE RISING GENERATION 226(9)
A NOTE ON SOURCES 235(6)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 241

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