Seeds of destruction
Subtitle: why the path to economic ruin runs through Washington, and how to reclaim American prosperity
By: Glenn Hubbard and Peter Navarro
Contributors: Navarro, Peter
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780137027736
Subjects: Economic policy; Free enterprise
Description: "Government policy and the Obama administration are driving the American economy straight toward catastrophe. Now, two respected economists, one a Republican, and one a Democrat, explain why these policies are so dangerous and offer a bipartisan, common-sense blueprint for reversing American's economic decline."--[book jacket].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting from seeds of destruction to seeds of prosperity; title: America's four growth drivers stall and our economy stagnates; title: How to lift up the American economy with the "10 levers of growth"; title: Fixing america's destructive duo-monetary and fiscal policy; title: Why the Fed's easy money street is a dead end; title: Why you can't stimulate your way to prosperity; title: Getting the "big three" right tax, trade, and energy policy; title: Why raising taxes lowers America's growth rate; title: Why the best "jobs program" may be trade reform; title: Also, which one comes first; title: Why America's foreign oil addiction stunts our growth; title: Good politics usually makes for bad economics; title: Why we must cut the Gordian knot of entitlements reform; title: Why ObamaCare makes our economy sick; title: The American economy at a crossroads; title: How to prevent another financial crisis; title: How to implement our "seeds of prosperity" policy blueprint; title: Special feature #1: an interview with Glenn Hubbard on his days in the Bush White House; title: Special feature #2: how to become your own economic forecaster using the GDP growth driver approach.