WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, 42nd President of the United States, is founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
“A reality-based strategy for economic renewal packed with ideas on
how to fix America’s job machine . . . Offers some well-timed
optimism . . . Contains sensible ideas . . . Articulate, engaging.”
—Daniel Gross, The Washington Post
“A lucid one-man rebuttal of the Tea Party’s anti-government agenda
and a practical set of proposals . . . for restoring economic
growth. A succinct common-sense argument for why America needs a
strong national government, why both spending cuts and increased
tax revenues are necessary for addressing the debt problem (which
is going to get worse given the demographics of an aging
baby-boomer population and the high costs of interest payments),
and why that debt problem ‘can’t be solved unless the economy
starts growing again.’” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“This book presents page after page of intelligent suggestions on
how the U.S. can cut its crippling debt, create new jobs, and get
‘back into the future business’ . . . I found much to agree with.”
—James Pressley, Bloomberg News
“A personal, plain-spoken economic picture of where we are, a
mile-high view of the three decades that got us here, and how to
revive our economy in classic ‘American Dream growth’ style. . . .
If this list whiplashes from the nitty-gritty to the mile-high view
and back again, it demonstrates that Clinton is a politician who
can operate at both levels without breaking a sweat. . . . A book
with the chutzpah that the Democrats have been missing.” —Carolyn
Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
"Four stars . . . There’s an upbeat, front-foot tone to Back to
Work that is welcome at a time of despair. Love him or hate him,
[Clinton] hasn’t lost his touch . . . It’s refreshing to hear from
him." —Martin Vander Weyer, The Telegraph (U.K.)
“Convincing . . . A rallying cry to America . . . Informed,
high-minded, intelligent and persuasive… Clinton is probably the
best natural politician of his generation. His skill at framing an
argument is without peer and that he generally does so without
demagoguery is to his lasting credit. In this case, the fact that
he has simple common sense on his side doesn't hurt either. These
pages should be required reading for any Democrat running for
office next year.” —Erik Tarloff, The Observer (U.K.)
“Bill Clinton has an idea. A few dozen ideas, in fact, about ways
large and small to get unemployed Americans back to work—from
granting property tax breaks for investments that create jobs to
painting every flat tar roof in U.S. cities white for the energy
savings.” —Susan Page, USA Today
“A book full of ideas about how to revive the economy and get
America’s unemployed millions back to work . . . The book has two
main strengths. First, while arguing, rightly, that in the short
run the American economy urgently needs a boost from government
spending, it spells out in simple terms why Uncle Sam also needs a
credible strategy for sorting out the country’s long-term fiscal
problems . . . Second, Mr. Clinton is at his famously wonkish best
in scouring America and the world to find practical ideas for
getting people back to work." —The Economist
“Feisty . . . a cogent, well-informed attack on the GOP’s
‘antigovernment ideology.’ A smart, forthright, appealingly folksy
defense of activist government.” —Publishers’ Weekly
Bill Clinton may be a busier man these days than he was during his time in office. In this compelling ode to all things American, Clinton offers his take on what's gone wrong in the United States over the past 30 years-everything from the lack of jobs to the mortgage crisis-and how to fix these ills. As the former president so elegantly puts it, "I want American Dream growth." Clinton's narrative tone is that of a seasoned orator, and his inherent ability to command an audience is undiminished. His voice bears a certain weight and wisdom that can only develop after a full life spent on the campaign trail and in the White House. Clinton's America is one that is not as doomed as some would make it out to be, and, as he points out early on, we're all in this together. A Knopf hardcover. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Clinton has done the impossible: created a book on political economics for people who hate political economics. Despite occasional lapses into such wonky terms as agricultural derivatives, our former President tackles the many problems facing America today with some creative solutions. He lucidly states the reasons why the antigovernment movement is not the direction America should follow if it wants to change successfully and explains how responsible government can tackle such thorny subjects as the housing crisis, the ever-increasing deficit, and the stagnant job market. VERDICT Clinton does an admirable job narrating, and although he won't convince everyone that his solutions would work, he gives people much to think about. This audiobook belongs in every public and academic library. ["Political junkies and concerned citizens, willing to wade through many anecdotal examples accompanied by confusing charts and statistics, may find merit in the call for greater public-private sector cooperation," read the review of the New York Times best-selling Knopf hc, LJ XPress Reviews, 11/8/11.-Ed.]-Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base Lib., Lompoc, CA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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