FREE BOOK, exposing the hypocrisy and anti-social/anti-human bias of "conservatives":
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The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
A free e-book by Dean Baker (2006)
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Economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. In fact, conservatives rely on a range of "nanny state" policies that ensure the rich get richer while leaving most Americans worse off. It's time for the rules to change. Sound economic policy should harness the market in ways that produce desirable social outcomes - decent wages, good jobs and affordable health care.
What people are saying about The Conservative Nanny State
"Here is the brutal truth, exposed systematically, methodically, unsparingly. Forget the pork rinds and the hokey Texas twang: Conservative government is government by and for the upper class." --- Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
"Dean Baker is one of the most insightful and original economists in Washington. With this book, he exposes the prevailing myth of modern conservatives. They are not for limited government, as they claim. Rather, they are for a government that helps their own. Baker says it is time to balance the books. Government is by all the people, for all the people. It's that simple." --- Jeff Madrick, author of Why Economies Grow: The Forces That Shape Prosperity and How We Can Get Them Working Again
"[The book] examines massive government interventions in the market-including immigration, trade, monetary and intellectual property policy-and notes how they all have the curious effect of making America's wealthiest people even more stupendously rich. And as if this weren't bad enough, Baker has made The Conservative Nanny State available for free as a pdf (or at low cost as a paperback). Clearly he's a madman who'll stop at nothing." --- Jonathan Schwarz, TinyRevolution.com
"Baker knows what the phrase "free market" really means, and in his new book, The Conservative Nanny State (which you can purchase in paperback or download as an e-book free of charge), he lays waste to the notion that American conservatives embrace anything resembling a truly free market. In fact, they're perverse Marxists, using heavy-handed government intervention to redistribute wealth upward." --- Joshua Holland, AlterNet
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THE CONSERVATIVE NANNY STATE
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
By Dean Baker
Table of Contents
Introduction
Doctors and Dishwashers: How the Nanny State Creates Good Jobs for Those at the Top
The Workers are Gettting Uppity: Call In the Fed!
The Secret of High CEO Pay and Other Mysteries of the Corporation
Bill Gates - Welfare Mom: How Government Patent and Copyright Monopolies Enrich the Rich and Distort the Economy
Mommy, Joey Owes Me Money: How Bankruptcy Laws Are Bailing Out the Rich
The Rigged Legal Deck: Torts and Takings (The Nanny State Only Gives)
Small Business Babies
Taxes: It's Not Your Money
Don't Make Big Business Compete Against Government Bureaucrats
Conclusion
