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The declaration of independents : how libertarian politics can fix what's wrong with America / Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch.
Van Pelt Library JC599.U5 G528 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillespie, Nick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libertarianism--United States.
- Libertarianism.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 264 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]
- Summary:
- Why do we have more choices at the local coffee shop than we do at the ballot box?
- If you're one of the growing number of Americans alienated by Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, the left and the right, welcome home.
- Political independents are the largest voting bloc in America and will determine the 2012 election-and whether the country goes belly up.
- We need independence not just in politics, but from politics. We can't pursue happiness if our federal, state, and local governments are bankrupt-and controlling every aspect of our lives.
- Innovators in everything from air travel to craft beer to pop music show how individuals can be trusted to come up with exciting and fun new ways of radically improving living standards.
- The three areas of our lives most controlled by politics-education, health care, and retirement-are the most broken, and can't be fixed simply by spending more money and exerting more top-down control.
- Our potential future is so bright we'll have to wear shades. But it can only happen if we make it happen by banishing politics from the center of our lives and replacing them with the pursuit of happiness, not cheap Partisan advantage. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. The end of the world as you know it: Beyond duopoly
- The pit and the pendulum
- The Libertarian moment
- pt. 2. The democratization of just about everything, or case studies in making life richer, weirder, and better: Keep on rockin' in the free world
- You are now free to move about the country
- The disorganization man (and woman)
- Rise of the mutants
- We the media
- pt. 3. Operationalize it, baby!: We are so out of money
- Your mind, your health, and your retirement are terrible things to waste
- The permanent nongoverning minority.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1586489380
- OCLC:
- 657595596
- Publisher Number:
- 99946499966
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