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Promoting Progress: A Radical New Agenda to Create Abundance for All
For the first time in human history, billions of people have escaped poverty. Yet progress in wealthy nations is stalling, and in some cases reversing. Why?
In Promoting Progress, political scientist and technologist Michael Magoon reveals how misguided government policies and ideological extremes on both Left and Right are slowly eroding the foundations of prosperity. Building on the breakthrough ideas of his acclaimed first book, From Poverty to Progress, Magoon lays out a bold, evidence-based reform agenda designed to reignite growth, rebuild the middle class, and renew faith in the future.
Rejecting both big-government centralization and laissez-faire neglect, Magoon proposes a new progress-based agenda founded on four
Promote long-term, widely shared economic growth
Create a prosperous working class
Focus relentlessly on measurable results
Reform political institutions to make progress possible again
Drawing on history, economics, and data-driven policy, Magoon shows how we
Break the monopoly of the two major parties through electoral and legislative reform
Decentralize power by shifting domestic policy from Washington to dynamic metro states
Restore affordable energy through realistic innovation in nuclear, hydro, and natural gas
Unleash housing growth by ending restrictive zoning and founding new Homestead Cities
Make higher education affordable and merit-based
Attract global talent through skills-based immigration
Spur technological innovation with prizes, venture capital, and export growth in developing nations
Cut emissions and expand prosperity through pragmatic environmental policy
Promoting Progress is for readers tired of cynicism and paralysis, those who believe the best way to honor the past is to build a better future. Whether you lean Left, Right, or Center, Magoon challenges you to rethink how progress happens and how we can revive it for everyone.
In Promoting Progress, political scientist and technologist Michael Magoon reveals how misguided government policies and ideological extremes on both Left and Right are slowly eroding the foundations of prosperity. Building on the breakthrough ideas of his acclaimed first book, From Poverty to Progress, Magoon lays out a bold, evidence-based reform agenda designed to reignite growth, rebuild the middle class, and renew faith in the future.
Rejecting both big-government centralization and laissez-faire neglect, Magoon proposes a new progress-based agenda founded on four
Promote long-term, widely shared economic growth
Create a prosperous working class
Focus relentlessly on measurable results
Reform political institutions to make progress possible again
Drawing on history, economics, and data-driven policy, Magoon shows how we
Break the monopoly of the two major parties through electoral and legislative reform
Decentralize power by shifting domestic policy from Washington to dynamic metro states
Restore affordable energy through realistic innovation in nuclear, hydro, and natural gas
Unleash housing growth by ending restrictive zoning and founding new Homestead Cities
Make higher education affordable and merit-based
Attract global talent through skills-based immigration
Spur technological innovation with prizes, venture capital, and export growth in developing nations
Cut emissions and expand prosperity through pragmatic environmental policy
Promoting Progress is for readers tired of cynicism and paralysis, those who believe the best way to honor the past is to build a better future. Whether you lean Left, Right, or Center, Magoon challenges you to rethink how progress happens and how we can revive it for everyone.
454 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2023
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October 24, 2024
There is a lot to disagree with in this book, but its operating framework is valuable and there are a ton of fresh ideas. Anyone interested not just in progress, but in how we think about problems more generally should read it.
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