Watching our political process has become frightening. Private industry is apparently more powerful than our Federal Government. In the face of this and despite our diversity, the masses have... More > everything in common: regaining control of our government and saving our middle class. To that purpose this book investigates why and how the successful business model works and why and how our political system model doesn’t. By comparing these results side by side, the author then uncovers their fundamental strategic and structural differences, which in turn reveals the stunningly surprising solution to the most critical issue of our generation: the corruption of our Democracy. The answer has been in plain view all along. We must adapt - because the corporations have - and upgrade from: “1776 Democracy 1.0” to “21st Century Democracy 2.0.” Our forefathers gave us all of the tools we need. The Free Market has developed the curriculum. All we need to do is understand it - and apply it.< Less
Watching our political process has become frightening. Private industry is apparently more powerful than our Federal Government. In the face of this and despite our diversity, the masses have... More > everything in common: regaining control of our government and saving our middle class. To that purpose this book investigates why and how the successful business model works and why and how our political system model doesn’t. By comparing these results side by side, the author then uncovers their fundamental strategic and structural differences, which in turn reveals the stunningly surprising solution to the most critical issue of our generation: the corruption of our Democracy. The answer has been in plain view all along. We must adapt - because the corporations have - and upgrade from: “1776 Democracy 1.0” to “21st Century Democracy 2.0.” Our forefathers gave us all of the tools we need. The Free Market has developed the curriculum. All we need to do is understand it - and apply it.< Less
In 1993, President Bill Clinton presented his Health Security Act to the US Congress. The legislation was intended to reform the nation's health care system while mandating the provision of health... More > insurance to all Americans. A number of factors influenced the genesis and demise of the Act between 1993 and 1994, including presidential politics, opposition from powerful interest groups and waning public support for the legislation. This thesis investigates whether and how race and class influenced debate over Clinton's health care reform proposal.
Evidence is presented that race and class affected Clinton's decision to champion healthcare reform, lent credibility to health insurance industry advertisements opposing the president's legislation and influenced public opinion on government-financed health care, and by extension health care reform.
These findings indicate that race and class may have played a role in the evolution and resolution of the 1993 to 1994 health care reform debate.< Less
Written for the citizen consumer, healthcare professional and employer who asks:
"What is health reform going to mean for me?"
If you want to know more, this is the book for you. It is... More > written in response to politicians attempting to hijack healthcare at the expense of the American people. As both a physician and economist, Dr. Smith plainly lays out the problems and real, workable solutions. With clinical and administrative experience, Dr. Smith has worked in every area of healthcare, from hospitals to insurance companies. She has seen what's worked and what hasn't in the United States, Europe and the Third World.
The answers to how healthcare is actually delivered and where the money is really going will likely surprise you. If we are going to have a serious debate about healthcare, it is time for the American people, healthcare professionals and employers to fully understand and reclaim this most important issue.< Less
Written for the citizen consumer, healthcare professional and employer who asks:
"What is health reform going to mean for me?"
If you want to know more, this is the book for you. It is... More > written in response to politicians attempting to hijack healthcare at the expense of the American people. As both a physician and economist, Dr. Smith plainly lays out the problems and real, workable solutions. With clinical and administrative experience, Dr. Smith has worked in every area of healthcare, from hospitals to insurance companies. She has seen what's worked and what hasn't in the United States, Europe and the Third World.
The answers to how healthcare is actually delivered and where the money is really going will likely surprise you. If we are going to have a serious debate about healthcare, it is time for the American people, healthcare professionals and employers to fully understand and reclaim this most important issue.< Less
This book exposes the dirty secrets about our electoral system and the dysfunctional policies that have resulted from it. From how to rebuild an inner city slum to how to run a government, it traces... More > the simple steps that can lead to representative government and rational policies. Follow the extraordinary, often humorous, story of a concerned citizen’s journey from outside politics into the dirty business of running for governor of Florida. As one of the most corrupt states, in a country that has been sold off to the special interests, Florida may prove to be ground zero for a new Progressive Movement. America is about to wake up, and Michael E. Arth is sounding the alarm. Known as “The New Urban Cowboy” for his rebuilding of a slum and his work as an urban designer, and as “Biking Mike” for his plan to campaign the length of Florida on a bicycle, Michael E. Arth shows clearly how electoral reform, combined with rational policies, could transform our town, our state, our country and our world.< Less
The decade of the 2020s promises to be as dynamic as any in recorded history. Those ten years will be characterized by an unprecedented commingling of an extremely rare confluence of social cycles... More > with the three ingredients of the looming Sustainability Crisis – overpopulation, peak oil, and global climate change.
Out of the ashes will arise the Great Transformation of 2021 – a cultural upheaval at least as significant as the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. It is unlikely that either capitalism or the nation-state will survive it, and quite likely that the United States will descend into permanent decline because of it.
The Great Transformation of 2021 will present mankind with challenges of historic proportions. If global society makes the right choices, the world could come out a better place on the other side. If it chooses wrongly, a nightmarish existence – if not outright human extinction – will be the consequence.< Less
Since the legalization of corporate political action committees in 1975, campaign finance has experienced a dramatic transformation. According to a recent study, corporations now sponsor 40% of all... More > political action committees and account for an equal percentage of campaign contributions on the federal level (Hart 2001, 1230). What do these organized interests hope to get in return for the money they contribute? While it is difficult to determine causation within the world of national politics, there are many ways we can explore the way business interests truly work. Research finds that popular opinion on the influence of special interests is greatly exaggerated. While we know how the political action committees are supposed to operate, their effectiveness is often milder than anticipated. National legislators must take note of this if they wish to enact any meaningful campaign finance reform.< Less
Since the legalization of corporate political action committees in 1975, campaign finance has experienced a dramatic transformation. According to a recent study, corporations now sponsor 40% of all... More > political action committees and account for an equal percentage of campaign contributions on the federal level (Hart 2001, 1230). What do these organized interests hope to get in return for the money they contribute? While it is difficult to determine causation within the world of national politics, there are many ways we can explore the way business interests truly work. Research finds that popular opinion on the influence of special interests is greatly exaggerated. While we know how the political action committees are supposed to operate, their effectiveness is often milder than anticipated. National legislators must take note of this if they wish to enact any meaningful campaign finance reform.< Less
The Chinese Public Administration Review is the first international academic journal specifically addressing the issues of Chinese public administration. The Chinese Public Administration Review... More > includes a number of sections, such as Chinese Administrative Reform, Chinese Public Policy, Chinese Administrative Law, Public Productivity Improvement and Performance Measurement, Chinese Civil Service, Chinese Social Security, Chinese Public Finance, Chinese EGovernment, the Intellectual History of Public Administration in China, Comparative Public Administration and so forth. It functions as a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal emphasizing scholarly contributions to the burgeoning field of Chinese public administration.< Less
