Downsizing the U.S.A.Naylor and William argue that our government, our cities, our corporations, our schools, our churches, our military, and our social welfare system are all too big, too powerful, too intrusive, too insular, and too unresponsive to the needs of individual citizens and small local communities. They propose specific strategies for decentralizing and downsizing virtually every major institution in America, including America itself. The authors audaciously call for the peaceful dissolution of the United States through secession and provide a thoughtful game plan for achieving this controversial objective. |
Contents
In the Beginning | 1 |
The State of the Union | 9 |
The Meltdown of Corporate America | 28 |
Copyright | |
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Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic John De Graaf,David Wann,Thomas H. Naylor No preview available - 2002 |