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OverviewHerbert Stein has long been noted for the objectivity, clarity and wit of his writing on the American economy. Millions of people have been reading, enjoying and learning from his articles in the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times , the Washington Post and Slate magazine on the Internet. Now, after 65 years as a student, teacher, presidential adviser and commentator, he has collected his latest observations on the past and the present of the American economy and on his own life and times. I am amazed these days , writes Stein, to think of how much history has occurred in the 81 years of my lifetime. To anyone who has lived through a significant part of those years, their horror is vividly recalled by a listing of place names - Auschwitz, Dresden, Lubyanka, Gulag, Shanghai, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia. But that was only one side of the story , he asserts. There is also a story of increasing freedom, equality and material well-being, a testament to the conscience and creativity of mankind . Stein opines that more progress was made in these 81 years than in all previous history to bring to reality the American proposition that all men - and not only all men but all men and women of all races, religions and ethnicities - are created equal . In this witty volume with essays ranging from A Primer on Pay and Productivity to An Old Couch Potato's Lament , Stein discourses about the state of the economy, the budget and taxes, history and politics and offers personal observations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Herbert Stein (A. Willis Robertson Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Virginia, USA)Publisher: AEI Press Imprint: AEI Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.594kg ISBN: 9780844740836ISBN 10: 0844740837 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 01 October 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |