Book of the Week

This little volume has a lot to offer. The first paragraph caught my attention. "America faces a new culture war. This is not the culture war of the 1990s. This is not a fight over guns, abortion, religion, and gays. Nor is it about Republicans versus Democrats. Rather, it is a struggle between two competing visions of America's future. In one, America will continue to be a unique and exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise. In the other, America will move toward European-style statism grounded in expanding bureaucracies, increasing income redistribution, and government-controlled corporations. These competing visions are not reconcilable: We must choose."

In this well thought out book Arthur Brooks is frank and clear in his presentation. The book covers in its 128 pages the internal conflict. The four main chapters are entitled: The 70-30 Nation, A Bill of Goods: The 30 Percent Coalition's Story of the Financial Crisis, Free Enterprise and the Pursuit of Happiness, and The Moral Case for Free Enterprise. I found very little to criticize in his presentation of the thesis. I recommend this book as a 4 STAR read.