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America's Entitlement Epidemic
Templeton Press
October 2012
On Sale: October 19, 2012
144 pages ISBN: 1599474352 EAN: 9781599474359 Kindle: B009TDSS62 Paperback / e-Book
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In A Nation of Takers: America’s Entitlement Epidemic, one
of our country’s foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt,
details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over
the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement
payments accounted for well under a third of the federal
government’s total outlays. Today, entitlement spending
accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget.
Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range
of easy- to- read, four color charts, Eberstadt shows the
unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements,
everything from medicare to disability payments. But
Eberstadt does not just chart the astonishing growth of
entitlement spending, he also details the enormous economic
and cultural costs of this epidemic. He powerfully argues
that while this spending certainly drains our federal
coffers, it also has a very real,long-lasting, negative
impact on the character of our citizens. Also included in the book is a response from one of our
leading political theorists, William Galston. In his
incisive response, he questions Eberstadt’s conclusions
about the corrosive effect of entitlements on character and
offers his own analysis of the impact of American
entitlement growth.
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