Five Easy Theses, James Stone
Five Easy Theses, James Stone
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Five Easy Theses
Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges

Author: James Stone

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America’s five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality.

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable, but some we are entirely capable of solving. In Five Easy Theses, 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. 
 
Accessible and thought provoking, Five Easy Theses reveals that a more democratic, prosperous America is well within our reach.

Includes a bonus PDF with charts and figures

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam

The financial sums at issue in this book are enormous; their cumulative effect is staggering: --one trillion dollars are wasted in the US health care system every year, or 1/16th of our annual GNP at around 16 trillion dollars; --the SS Trust Fund, currently valued at around 1.3 trillion dollars, will......more

My original Five Easy Theses audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer. James Stone’s book Five Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America’s Greatest Economic Challenges deserves a listen. The “easy” in title refers to the availability of practical solutions to five overa......more

Goodreads review by Stan

Smart, lucid, and persuasive - the book and the author. If only some of his solutions would be adopted, and earlier not later. If only.........more

Goodreads review by Connor

Really detailed, clear and for the most part common-sense proposals for economic problems in the U.S. The author seems principled, pragmatic and self-deprecating. Summary: Fiscal Balance - Problem description: U.S debt as percentage of GDP is increasing steadily. We’ll spend a ton servicing the debt i......more

 "Commonsense solutions to America's greatest economic challenges" The author tries to explain five possible solutions to an equal amount of problems that are leading to the inequality and paralysis of our world economy. He says that the state we are in right now is unacceptable and we need to do som......more