Is it possible to be a quixotic realist? If so, Andrew Yang is the guy. He calls a thing what it actually is; meaning, he sees where the United States is heading in its current trajectory, and due to automatic and A.I. its not a bright future. This for sure makes him a realist. However, Andrew Yang, who’s currently a presidential candidate, seems to believe strongly in a high anthropology, or at least a potential one given the proper circumstances, making him overly idealistic in my eyes. Maybe he believes just enough in humanity that with a little push the economy can become sustainable, and today’s generations can build a better world for the next.
This book takes a look into the current climate and assesses where the world is going. Yang looks to the past to see if other viable and reasonable options could be manipulated into today’s world to prevent a catastrophic meltdown of citizen and state. Arguably, the future is uncertain, but Yang says if we don’t seriously examine our current path and make drastic changes soon, then we can easily see what’s coming. He acknowledges many problems splashed throughout both government and within the home, and provided a path forward that isn’t concerned about anything other than fixing today’s problems. He proposes a universal basic income that is funded primarily through a Value-Added-Tax, which most countries have already implemented, and explains through both data and reason how and why this is the only reasonable solution. He seems to reject rapidly increasing minimum-wage, and retraining workers who will lose their jobs to automation because it’s unreasonable to expect a cashier to become a coder or engineer, or whatever job the economy currently over-values in just a few short months. This book has a few ideas that I personally found quite beautiful, but can humanity actually work together? He says yes, I’m not sold on that idea, but I am sold on Andrew Yang, and many of his ideas listed in this book and his policies on his campaign website (yang2020.com)
Overall this was good read. For real for real. Funny. Easy to read, relatable, timely and his main three policy proposals are how he ends the book. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in either, politics, economics, or even reading because it was a pleasure. 5/5
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Real solution to America's social and economic issues
This book describes a systematic, wholistic, sensible and logical solution to America's social and economic issues: e.g. young people struggling, middle class family fading away, tax money abuse, accessibility to medical/health care, inequality of social wealth distribution, mindset of scarcity, racism and discrimination, minority marginalization, aggressive foreign interference, etc. Please give it a read.
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Chillyfinger
... even more disturbing portrait of what America will look like in 10 years
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2018
Peter Monien
Great book from a presidential candidate about the true options of our future
Reviewed in Germany on September 7, 2019JT
Insightful and brilliantly written.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2018
