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WhiteHouseBurningTheFoundingFathers,OurN

内容简介

Americaismiredindebt—morethan$30，000foreveryman，woman，andchild.Bitterfightingoverdeficits，taxes，andspendingbedevilsWashington，D.C.，evenaspartisangridlockhasbroughtthegovernmenttothebrinkofdefault.Yetthemorepoliticiansonbothsidesoftheaislerantandthecitizenryfumes，themorethingsseemtoremainthesame.InWhiteHouseBurning，SimonJohnsonandJamesKwak—authorsofthenationalbestseller13BankersandcofoundersofTheBaselineScenario，awidelycitedblogoneconomicsandpublicpolicy—demystifythenationaldebt，explainingwhenceitcameand，evenmoreimportant，whatitmeanstoyouandtofuturegenerations.TheytellthestoryoftheFoundingFathers’divisivestrugglesovertaxesandspending.Theycharttheriseofthealmightydollar，whichmakesiteasyfortheUnitedStatestoborrowmoney.Theyaccountforthedebasementofourpoliticalsysteminthe1980sand1990s，whichproducedtoday’sdysfunctionalandimpotentCongress.Andtheyshowhow，ifwepersistonourcurrentcourse，thenationaldebtwillharmordinaryAmericansbyreducingthenumberofjobs，loweringlivingstandards，increasinginequality，andforcingasuddenanddrasticreductioninthegovernmentserviceswenowtakeforgranted.ButJohnsonandKwakalsoprovideaclearandcompellingvisionforhowourdebtcrisiscanbesolvedwhilestrengtheningoureconomyandpreservingtheessentialfunctionsofgovernment.TheydebunkthemyththatsuchcrucialprogramsasSocialSecurityandMedicaremustbeslashedtothebone.WhiteHouseBurninglookssquarelyattheburgeoningnationaldebtandproposestodefuseitsthreattoourwell-beingwithoutforcingstrugglingmiddle-classfamiliesandtheelderlyintopoverty.Carefullyresearchedandinformedbythesamecompellingstorytellingandlucidanalysisas13Bankers，WhiteHouseBurningisaninvaluableguidetothecentralpoliticalandeconomicissueofourtime.Itiscertaintoprovokevigorousdebate.

作者简介

SimonJohnsonisRonaldA.KurtzProfessorofEntrepreneurshipatMIT’sSloanSchoolofManagementandaseniorfellowatthePetersonInstituteforInternationalEconomics.HeisamemberoftheCongressionalBudgetOffice’sPanelofEconomicAdvisersandoftheFederalDepositInsuranceCorporation’sSystemicResolutionAdvisoryCommittee.HewaspreviouslythechiefeconomistoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.JamesKwakisanassociateprofessorattheUniversityofConnecticutSchoolofLaw.HeiscurrentlyafellowattheHarvardLawSchoolProgramonCorporateGovernance.Hehasalsoworkedasamanagementconsultantandcofoundedasoftwarecompany.JohnsonandKwakcofoundedTheBaselineScenario,awidelycitedblogoneconomicsandpublicpolicy.Theyalsowrote13Bankers:TheWallStreetTakeoverandtheNextFinancialMeltdown(Pantheon,2010),abestsellinganalysisofthefinancialsystemandtherecentfinancialcrisis.Visitthemat:http://baselinescenario.com/Follow:http://twitter.com/baselinesceneFriend:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Baseline-Scenario/60785773804,,,

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