Author: Don A. Holbrook
Publisher: Don A. Holbrook
Pages: 304
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction/Business & Economics
Format: Paperback, eBook & Audio Book
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The economic chaos of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
that has created so much destruction of wealth for regular Americans is far
from over. This book examines problems and possible solutions within national,
international, and local realms that will help us navigate these times and set
a course toward calmer waters. While some clamor for more taxes to cover our
government's programs, The Next America shows how we can restructure our tax
code so it positively affects all aspects of our communities: education,
businesses, innovation, political transparency, environmental issues,
investments, and more. Concerned citizens and economic players alike will be
inspired and motivated to act to reestablish the American Dream during this
transitional time. The Next America believes an informed citizenry can create a
solution to hold our elected officials accountable for real change that will be
robust and beneficial to all American’s not just the elite few at the top,
without moving away from our free market and capitalism based economy.
BOOK
EXCERPT:
From reading the newspaper, watching television, or listening to the radio,
it should be clear that the unsettling situation America finds itself in today
has presented us with several conundrums. We are concerned about where our
nation is headed, how to make a living, how to prepare for retirement, how to
create a better life for our families today, and how to leave our posterity
with an inheritance of economic opportunities.
The global economy has created more chaos and hardships than most of us
have previously experienced. Not since the Great Depression have folks been so
beleaguered by so many tumultuous problems. Even more devastating is the
degradation of our main pillar of humanity, our core: the family unit. With the
massive amount of unemployment and underemployment that has arisen in this
perfect economic storm, many of us have burned through our benefit claims,
extensions, and options. We face loss of income and also hope and self-dignity.
These immense problems have made many of us rethink our values and dreams. In
the worst of cases, we have given up the ideal of aspiring for a better
life—not only for ourselves, but also for our children. The economic pressures
are not the only problems in this perfect storm. We face burgeoning pressure
from religious zealots who are not tolerant of religious differences. We face
environmental calamities,
both natural and man-made. In addition, the resources that we depend on to
fuel our global economy, such as energy, are peaking in costs and diminishing
in availability.
To further
frustrate and annoy our already overloaded psyches, we have a complete lack of
trust in our governmental systems. People are weary of the either/or partisan
politics and government’s failure to look out for our best interests.
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About the
Author:
Don Holbrook is a private economist consultant involved
in economic development public policy, site location decisions for private
sector investments of new facilities, strategic destination tourism development
feasibility and public-private partnership conceptualization, including public
sector incentives to entice business investment into local economies. His
non-fiction books on local economic development efforts to rebuild, renew and
sustainably balance economic development public policy to create world-class
communities have been groundbreaking successes within economic
development. His first book, the “Little
Black Book of Economic Development” has spawned a series of follow-up books on
how communities, companies, individuals and families can navigate these
treacherous economic times.
Holbrook is one of the worlds foremost thought leaders
and public speakers on the subject of how communities can build smart and
sustainable local grassroots driven economic development strategies to achieve
maximum success in what he refers to as “The Art of the Deal Today.”
Holbrook was formally indoctrinated as a Fellow Member of
the International Economic Development Council, for his lifetime achievements by
his peers in 2008.
He lives with wife and two sons in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2010, Holbrook was formally Knighted at West Point
USMA as a member of the modern day Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of
Jerusalem, a modern day Knights Templar Order.
His latest
book is the nonfiction/business/economics,The
Next America: Moving Beyond a Fragile Economy.
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