The American Dream: Can It Survive the 21st Century?
Can each of us achieve our own "American dream" while recognizing needs of other individuals, society, and future generations? Not if our present national policies continue, warns long term planning expert Joseph L. Daleiden. He persuasively argues that if present socioeconomic trends remain, our nation faces social disaster before the middle of the 21st century.\ These trends can be reversed, he insists, but only if we are willing to (1) reject failed policies both liberal and conservative...
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Joseph L. Daleiden analyzes the critical and unresolved problems that the United States faces entering the twenty-first century. These include population growth, environmental destruction (especially depletion and pollution of underground water supplies); the national debt (and seven other "debts"); poverty; crime; interethnic conflict; education; and the need to reform health care, Social Security, and taxes. Daleiden demonstrates that since the issues are interrelated, the solutions must be interrelated as well. Booknews Daleiden, a former economic consultant to the Office of Management and the Budget during the Carter administration and Director of Corporate Planning for Ameritech, analyzes a veritable raft of unresolved problems the US faces from the economy to the environment. Arguing that the US faces a mid-century meltdown if current trends continue, he argues for specific policy changes that could redirect the course of the nation towards long-term benefit. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Dedication5Acknowledgments7Introduction111Two Scenarios for the Year 2050252Measuring the Welfare of Society and the Economic Fallacy423Population Issues and Policies634U.S. Population Growth and Mass Immigration985Maintaining Sustainable Growth1816The Many Faceted Deficit2557Rethinking Trade Policies3148Poverty and Welfare: Causes3649Poverty and Welfare: Solutions42210Meaningful Education Reform46711Reducing Crime52412Health Care and Social Security59113Equitable Tax Reform63814Putting it All Together672App. ASummaries of The Final Superstition and The Science of Morality686App. BA Brief History of Post World War II U.S. Defense Spending694App. CA Critique of The Neo-Marxist Theory of Defense Spending704App. DThe Mythical Philips Curve707App. EReversing the Plight of the LDCs713Selected Bibliography719Index729
\ BooknewsDaleiden, a former economic consultant to the Office of Management and the Budget during the Carter administration and Director of Corporate Planning for Ameritech, analyzes a veritable raft of unresolved problems the US faces from the economy to the environment. Arguing that the US faces a mid-century meltdown if current trends continue, he argues for specific policy changes that could redirect the course of the nation towards long-term benefit. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
