Poorer Richard's America: What Would Ben Say
By (Author) Tom Blair
Preface by Tom Brokaw
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
30th August 2010
United States
General
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
973.3092
Hardback
240
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 150mm
397g
For decades, Benjamin Franklins Poor Richards Almanack provided sage advice and commentary on eighteenth-century America. Now, a modern businessman reflectswriting as Benjamin Franklinon what America has become.
Federal and personal debt are ballooning beyond sustainable levels. Our futures are being jeopardized. Partisan bickering and the entrenched powers of special interests have made it nearly impossible for a real leader to lead. Where is a good American to turn How about to the man who wrote this timeless observation: A small leak will sink a great ship
Ben is back! With his signature intelligence and wit (not to mention a good sprinkling of aphorisms both old and new), Benjamin Franklin, through Tom Blair, moves from the national deficit to Wall Street, from health care to marital bliss. The result is electrifying.