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Big, Hot, Cheap, And Right
Erica Grieder
What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texa
PublicAffairs
May 2013
On Sale: April 23, 2013
304 pages ISBN: 1610391926 EAN: 9781610391924 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Texas may well be America’s most controversial state.
Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its
people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in
the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be
offended by in the state’s politics and attitude. And yet,
according to journalist (and Texan) Erica Grieder, the
United States has a great deal to learn from
Texas.
In Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right, Grieder
traces the political history of a state that was always
larger than life. From its rowdy beginnings, Texas has
combined a long-standing suspicion of government intrusion
with a passion for business. Looking to the present, Greider
assesses the unique mix of policies on issues like
immigration, debt, taxes, regulation, and energy, which
together have sparked a bonafide Texas Miracle of job
growth. While acknowledging that it still has plenty of
twenty-first-century problems to face, she finds in Texas a
model of governance whose power has been drastically
underestimated. Her book is a fascinating exploration of
America’s underrated powerhouse.
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