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Five easy theses

James Stone

2016282 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2016
first published
  • 2016Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 282 pages · ENGISBN 9780544749009
  • 2016Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780544749658

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable, but some we are entirely capable of solving. Insurance executive and philanthropist James M. Stone presents specific, common-sense solutions to a handful of our most pressing challenges, showing how simple it would be to shore up Social Security, rein in an out-of-control financial sector, reduce inequality, and make healthcare and education better and more affordable. The means are right in front of us, Stone explains, in various policy options that -- if implemented -- could preserve or enhance government revenue while also channeling the national economy toward the greater good.

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