The Beholden State California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It |
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Editor:
| Anderson, Brian C. |
Contribution by:
| Malanga, Steven Voegeli, William Joel Kotkin, Joel Cox, Wendell Laffer, Arthur B. Steven Greenhut, Steven Hanson, Victor Davis Mac Donald, Heather Sand, Larry Senik, Troy Klavan, Andrew Gray, Tom Boychuk, Ben Buntin, John Anton, Michael Sorman, Guy |
ISBN: | 978-1-4422-2343-1 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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While there is plenty of literature on California's history, topography, and attractions, The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It is the first book examining in rigorous detail how a place seen just a generation ago as the dynamic engine of the American future could, through bad policy ideas, find itself with among the highest unemployment rates and poorest educational outcomes in the country
While there is plenty of literature on California's history, topography, and attractions, The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It is the first book examining in rigorous detail how a place seen just a generation ago as the dynamic engine of the American future could, through bad policy ideas, find itself with among the highest unemployment rates and poorest educational outcomes in the country