LEADER 03619nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910463208103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-2344-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000370872 035 $a(EBL)1207439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000887011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12372826 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10840311 035 $a(PQKB)11494704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1207439 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1207439 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10717389 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494921 035 $a(OCoLC)846492816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000370872 100 $a20130401d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe beholden state$b[electronic resource] $eCalifornia's lost promise and how to recapture it /$fedited by Brian C. Anderson ; foreword by William E. Simon, Jr 210 $aLanham $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-2343-X 327 $aForeword / William E. Simon, Jr. -- Introduction / Brian C. Anderson -- The politics and economics of decline -- The beholden state / Steven Malanga -- The big-spending, high-taxing, lousy-services paradigm / William Voegeli -- The golden state's war on itself / Joel Kotkin -- Cali to business : get out! / Steven Malanga -- The long stall / Wendell Cox -- The pension fund that ate California / Steven Malanga -- Flatten taxes! / Arthur B. Laffer -- The radical reform that California needs / Troy Senik -- The urban fiscal crisis -- Lost Angeles / Joel Kotkin -- How the road to bell was paved / William Voegeli -- Broken windows, broken city / Steven Greenhut -- Public order -- The reclamation of skid row / Heather Mac Donald -- The LAPD remade / John Buntin -- The sidewalks of San Francisco / Heather Mac Donald -- Of energy and environment -- A crude awakening / Tom Gray -- The water wars / Victor Davis Hanson -- Immigration dilemmas -- The rainbow coalition evaporates / Steven Malanga -- The demographic revolution / Heather Mac Donald -- Education -- The worst union in America / Troy Senik -- The bilingual ban that worked / Heather Mac Donald -- The union's occupation / Ben Boychuk -- Triggering school reform in California / Ben Boychuk -- Grading the teachers / Larry Sand -- UC two / Heather Mac Donald -- The culture -- The lost art of war / Andrew Klavan -- Radical graffiti chic / Heather Mac Donald -- Tom Wolfe's California / Michael Anton -- Keep hope alive -- The silicon lining / Guy Sorman -- California, here we stay / Victor Davis Hanson. 330 $aWhile there is plenty of literature on California's history, topography, and attractions, The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It is the first book examining in rigorous detail how a place seen just a generation ago as the dynamic engine of the American future could, through bad policy ideas, find itself with among the highest unemployment rates and poorest educational outcomes in the country 607 $aCalifornia$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 607 $aCalifornia$xSocial conditions$y21st century 607 $aCalifornia$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a330.9794 701 $aAnderson$b Brian C.$f1961-$0945834 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463208103321 996 $aThe beholden state$92136117 997 $aUNINA