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PublisherTempleton Press
ISBN-101599474352
ISBN-139781599474359
eBay Product ID (ePID)143630030
Product Key Features
Number of Pages144 Pages
Publication NameNation of Takers : America's Entitlement Epidemic
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
SubjectPublic Finance, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Essays
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
AuthorNicholas Eberstadt
SeriesNew Threats to Freedom Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.7 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2012-039103
Reviews"Nicholas Eberstadt is a brilliant demographer and social scientist. In A Nation of Takers , his argument, though deeply informed by empirical analysis, is fundamentally a moral one. His concern is with personal--and national--character. He pleads with us to notice the ways in which a culture of dependency--and the entitlement mentality it breeds--undermines initiative, self-respect, the sense of personal responsibility, civic-mindedness, and other virtues that are indispensable to the flourishing of a free society." - Robert P. George, Princeton University
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal336.3/9
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments / ix Part I: America's Growing Dependency on Government Entitlements The Rise of Entitlements in Modern America, 1960-2010 Nicholas Eberstadt / 3 Part II: Dissenting Points of View Have We Become a "Nation of Takers"? William A. Galston / 93 Civil Society and the Entitlement State Yuval Levin / 115 Epilogue: Response to Galston and Levin / 129 About the Contributors / 133
SynopsisIn A Nation of Takers : America's Entitlement Epidemic , one of our country's foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government's total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range of easy-to-read, four-color charts, Eberstadt shows the unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements, everything from Medicare to disability payments. But Eberstadt does not just chart the astonishing growth of entitlement spending, he also details the enormous economic and cultural costs of this epidemic. He powerfully argues that while this spending certainly drains our federal coffers, it also has a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens. Also included in the book is a response from one of our leading political theorists, William Galston. In his incisive response, he questions Eberstadt's conclusions about the corrosive effect of entitlements on character and offers his own analysis of the impact of American entitlement growth., In A Nation of Takers : America's Entitlement Epidemic , one of our country's foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government's total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range of easy-to-read, four-color charts, Eberstadt shows the unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements, everything from Medicare to disability payments. But Eberstadt does not just chart the astonishing growth of entitlement spending, he also details the enormous economic and cultural costs of this epidemic. He powerfully argues that while this spending certainly drains our federal coffers, it also has a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens., In A Nation of Takers America s Entitlement Epidemic , one of our country s foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years.As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government s total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range of easy- to- read, four color charts, Eberstadt shows the unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements, everythingfrom medicare to disability payments. But Eberstadt does not just chart the astonishing growth of entitlement spending, he also details the enormous economic and cultural costs of this epidemic. He powerfully argues that while this spending certainly drains our federal coffers, it also has a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens.Also included in the book is a response from one of our leading political theorists, William Galston. In his incisive response, he questions Eberstadt s conclusions about the corrosive effect of entitlements on character and offers his own analysis of the impact of American entitlement growth. "
LC Classification NumberHJ2051.N169 2012
