Poorer Richard's America : what would Ben say? / by Tom Blair.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.Description: xx, 220 p.: ill. 22 cmISBN:- 1616081902
- E 302.6.F8 .B575 2010
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American Learning Resource | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | E 302.6.F8 .B575 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201100782 |
What would Ben Franklin say if he could see us today? For decades, Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack provided sage advice and commentary on eighteenth-century America. Now, a modern businessman reflects-writing as Benjamin Franklin-on what America has become. Federal and personal debt are ballooning beyond sustainable levels. Our futures are being jeopardized. Partisan bickering and the entrenched powers of special interests have made it nearly impossible for a real leader to lead. Where is a good American to turn? How about to the man who wrote this timeless observation: "A small leak will sink a great ship"? Ben is back! With his signature intelligence and wit (not to mention a good sprinkling of aphorisms both old and new), Benjamin Franklin, through Tom Blair, moves from the national deficit to Wall Street, from health care to marital bliss. The result is electrifying. www.shelfari.com
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