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The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer Paperback – July 18, 2006

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Paperback: 113 pages
Publisher: LULU (July 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1411693957
ISBN-13: 978-1411693951
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 24 customer reviews
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Charles Andersen

Wealthfare, Not Welfare

August 21, 2014

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Dean Baker does an outstanding job of debunking "Free Market" myths about the role of government in conservative policy making. His basic premise is that both conservatives and liberals use or misuse the power of government to redistibute wealth, in different directions. Conservatives attack the welfare apparatus that support the poorest members of society, while ignoring the welfare apparatus that supports the richest. He makes a convincing case that conservatives are much better at framing the debate in terms that justify their position of maintaining wealth at the expense of the lower class members of our society. I'm sure this book will drive conservatives crazy, but progressives and liberals will be too lazy to apply the insights and lessons he offers. I recommend this book highly to anyone who thinks that establishing justice is the legitimate first aim mentioned in the preamble to the Constitution of The United States of America.

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guitarsandmore805

Corporations pretending to be sheep!

July 17, 2012

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Dean Baker writes a book about a topic that gets too little attention. The right wing-nuts continually blast the left accusing the left of being lazy, no-goods, who just don't want to work and are just looking for government hand outs. Yet, as Dean Baker points out, corporate America is first in-line looking for government money when-ever it is available. The other point to be made is throughout the history of America government has helped fund important projects from the space industry to the railroads to highways. I don't think anyone actually believes we don't want or need roads and bridges? Dean Baker just needs some lessons on how to write well. He is a good thinker but needs to write more to develop a good style that flows well. (unlike mine!) We could really use some more books written on this topic.

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Kevin B. Reynolds

September 1, 2013

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This is not easy reading. It gets technical if you're not an economist and it will anger you. But it does explain a lot of what's going on in our country right now. If you want to understand whats happening, like I always say, just follow the money. It explains everything. Read this and you will see.

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Dean Baker is always an interesting read. In this ...

November 3, 2017

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Dean Baker is always an interesting read. In this book he has a different take on some of our current policies. Definitely worthwhile.

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Another great book by Dean Baker containing many insights on how ...

July 29, 2015

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Another great book by Dean Baker containing many insights on how our government benefits the wealthy at the expense of the many.

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Towards achieving a measure of economic justice

August 4, 2007

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"The Conservative Nanny State" by Dean Baker is a concise, 108-page book that seeks to change the popular debate about economy policy in the U.S. Mr. Baker's principle argument is that conservatives use market rhetoric to conceal the fact that the wealthy frequently depend upon government intervention to help protect and preserve class privilege. The author suggests that liberals should stop trapping themselves in the conservative play book and instead loudly promote alternative policies that use market mechanisms to distribute wealth in a more socially equitable manner. While not wholly convincing on all points, overall the book succeeds in demonstrating that progressives should not be intimidated into accepting conservative heterodoxy when a sane and just socio-economic future for all may be possible.

Mr. Baker makes three major proposals that effectively turns the table on conservative free-market ideologues. The first pertains to eliminating protections that are currently afforded to professionals; he believes that this would drive down medical and legal costs and, by extension, increase the purchasing power of the working class. The second is to democratize the Federal Reserve so that its bias towards creating excess unemployment in order to protect the profits of the banking industry is curbed. The third is to reduce health care costs by opening the industry to government competition, allowing individuals and businesses to purchase coverage through Medicare. In all three cases, the author suggests that free marketeers would have nothing to fear in these proposals if they truly believed their narratives about the supposed superiority of the markets and the private sector to government-run programs.

One only wishes that some of the author's arguments were laid out in greater length. While Mr. Baker occasionally cites the experiences of other nations as points of comparison -- such as when comparing health care costs in the U.S. with other countries -- he does not go into any detail about the trade-offs or unintended consequences that might emerge as a result of pursuing these policies. For example, one might imagine that many of the private insurance companies that currently provide health care coverage could fail if they had to suddenly compete with more efficient, government-managed entities. The disastrous Town Hall meetings of 2009 which became a platfom for those defending the status quo makes the point that the author could have done much more to prepare us to anticipate and address at least some of the most obvious objections and counterarguments to his proposals.

Still, Mr. Baker has performed a great service by showing how we might pursue policies that can begin to restore economic justice in the U.S. I recommend this thought-provoking book to everyone.

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Daniel J. Ahern

Really nice insights for conservatives

May 1, 2015

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Well written. Really nice insights for conservatives, libertarians, and liberals.

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William Corsair

Necessary--But Insufficient

August 30, 2009

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Baker's analysis, while interesting, reads like it was done quickly and without the kind of depth that the subject deserves. I've heard him speak a number of times and always find him thoughtful, incisive, and fearless in his critique of the nanny state conservatives.

The book has too few subject areas that are examined, particularly when it comes to the military and its ties to the corporate welfare system.

The book's available as a PDF download from Baker's web site, and a synopsis of the book is in the 15-page introduction as a chapter-by-chapter explication of what he intends to cover. The introduction is, unfortunately, all you need to read in order to understand his arguments.

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