Comeback: America's New Economic Boom
Mr. Morris adroitly explains the workings of "the splendid technology that makes [shale] possible," ...[arguing] that this unconventional revolution could support more than four million jobs... He also makes a compelling case that the U.S. is significantly under-investing in ...infrastructure...   The contribution of "Comeback" is to cogently lay out the bright economic consequences of the unconventional oil and gas revolution and the revival of manufacturing.Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer-Prize winning author ofThe Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power. (Wall Street Journal)Morris (The Trillion-Dollar Meltdown, 2008, etc.) presents a persuasive, upbeat forecast of economic growth, starting now, for the United States...[He] has a companionable voice, affable and easy, but with words chosen for maximum clarity. He tackles three elements of the American economy...: hydrocarbons from shale; investment in infrastructure and manufacturing; and health care. Serious bureaucratic, technological and environmental issues, unpacked with facility, provide digestible food for thought.Kirkus ReviewsInComeback: America's New Economic Boom, author Charles Morris refers to "the new X-factor, the American energy advantage." The "game changer"--shale oil and gas technology and production--has put the United States and Canada in the world's leading economic saddle....Yes, technologically unlocked oil and gas has created an energy revolution and industrial bright spot in the... Obama era.ForbesCharles Morris, the author of the bestselling crisis bookThe Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown....[has]released a sequel volume--albeit a slim one--calledComeback: America's New Economic Boom. His cause for celebration? The fracking revolution. The nation's supply of natural gas locked in shale "is so vast that it has the potential to transform the manufacturing economy, creating jobs across the country and requiring a new infrastructure that will benefit the nation as a whole."Daniel Gross(Daily Beast/Newsweek)