A New Beginning [Paperback]

Ed Clark (Author), Eugene McCarthy (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0898030471 | ISBN-13: 978-0898030471 | Publication Date: August 1980 | Edition: 1st

From Back Cover: "Ed Clark's Libertarian call for A New Beginning... To anyone who is seriously concerned about solving America's problems and is looking for a whole new approach, Ed Clark... provides a thoughtful, stimulating program for change. Inflation, taxation, poverty, education, energy, social security, foreign policy, national defense -- Clark offers specific, detailed answers on these issues and many others..."

Product Details

• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Caroline House; 1st edition (August 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898030471
• ISBN-13: 978-0898030471
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,416,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to the Libertarian Party, October 10, 2001

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Jeffrey Ellis "bored recluse" (Richardson, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A New Beginning (Paperback)

The Libertarians just don't ever seem to get any respect. Even though they've managed to survive and grow (albiet slowly) over the past 30 years (as opposed to the late Reform Party) and they've also managed to show a consistent strength without resorting to continually renominating the same celebrity candidate (as opposed to the Greens), many political commentators tend to dismiss America's largest third party as "a bunch of Republicans who want to get stoned." The fact of the matter is that, even as the Libertarians have been ridiculed, many of their ideas have been adopted into the so-called political "mainstream." Even their most controversial stand -- the legalization of drugs -- has become more and more acceptable with each passing year. And, compared to most other third party candidates, the Libertarians have been able to consitently nominate credible candidates for the office of presidency -- such as Ron Paul in 1988 and especially Ed Clark in 1980. Polling over a million votes, Clark was by far the Libertarians most succesful presidential candidate and his campaign is reponsible for bringing several previously frustrated voters into his party's camp. Clark wrote a New Beginning specifically for the 1980 campaign and, despite being twenty years old, it remains a valuable introduction to the beliefs and philosophy behind the Libertarian Party. Writing in clear, level-headed prose, Clark explains why the Libertarians believe that government has become too intrusive in American life, why the War on Drugs is a waste of taxpayer money that does more harm than good, and -- perhaps most importantly -- demolishes the myth that the Libertarians are a bunch of a anti-government flakes. Instead, Clark details policies that, if radical, also tend to make a lot more sense than the bloated government gridlock perpatrated by the mainstream political establishment over the past few decades. While I don't agree with the entire platform (in specific, the isolationist bent of some Libertarians tends to leave me a bit alienated), its still a well-written polemic that deserves every voter's consideration.