First Edition, 1st printing (with full # line); hardcover book & dust jacket: Clean, Tight & Bright; appear unused, just minor shelf wear.
"Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It" is a national bestseller by Peter G. Peterson.
According to the publisher, Tom Brokaw describes the book as the “wake-up call we cannot ignore.” With a an author acclaimed by all sides of the political spectrum, Peter Peterson's Running on Empty traces the deterioration of America’s finances and offers solutions. It is "required reading for everyone concerned with America’s long-term economic survival. In clear and concise prose, Peterson offers America not only a vision but the practical steps by which to ensure our children’s economic future. Running on Empty is not only a warning, it is also a manifesto calling for the next administration to finally confront a deep and disturbing problem that politicians of all parties have insisted on ignoring for too long."
Raise for the book (from the back cover):
"Peter Peterson's book, Running on Empty, provides a clear, concise, and unvarnished look at America's political and fiscal deterioration. Peterson's common sense approach to reform, in order to take on the enormous challenges we face, is a refreshing tack which, sadly, is not often seen when it comes to America's economic situation. His observations about the social, economic, and international implications of our inaction are right on the mark. This book should be required reading for everyone involved in public policy and anyone who cares about America's future." -- SENATOR JOHN McCAIN
"Pete Peterson has performed a great national service with Running on Empty. No one knows better the costly consequences of record deficits for future generations. This is a wake up call we cannot ignore." -- Tom Brokaw, NBC News
"Pete Peterson articulates with clarity and force a common concern among many of us. Simply put, our fiscal profligacy and growing dependence on foreign savings cannot be sustained." -- PAUL VOLCKER, former chairman of the Federal Reserve
Details
Pages: 242
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date: July 14, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374252874
ISBN-13: 978-0374252878
Dimensions: about 8" x 5.5" x 1"
Key Phrases (identified by Amazon):
benefit outlays, fiscal projections, entitlement reform, tax cutters, senior benefits, budget experts, most boomers, benefit expansion, efficiency reform, entitlement spending, United States, White House, World War, President Bush, New Deal, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Great Society, Franklin Roosevelt, Republican Party, The Concord Coalition, Thomas Jefferson, Census Bureau, David Stockman, Great Depression, President Reagan, Alan Greenspan, Bob Rubin, General Accounting Office, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Thomas Cole, Treasury Department.
Peter G. Peterson is the author of Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America -- and the World. He is Chairman of The Blackstone Group and chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Subjects: Political Science, Economics
