03783cam a2200493 i 4500 19353210 BJBSDDR 20261012193924.0 ta 161026s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng 2016037061 9781610397841 (hardback) 1610397843 (hardback) 9781610397858 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- HC 106.84 S639g 2017 338.973 Smick, David M. 14686 The great equalizer : how main street capitalism can create an economy for everyone / David M. Smick. First Edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2017. xxii, 232 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index. Growth is (almost) everything The illusion of certainty The economy's turbocharger Top-down frustration in a bottom-up world The world's greatest wager It's nobody's century (or maybe everybody's) Americans are fighters A nation of dreamers and discoverers "The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, socially, and racially, the United States will continue to tear itself apart. But David Smick--hedge fund strategist and author of the 2008 bestseller The World Is Curved--argues that the experts are wrong. In recent decades, a Corporate Capitalism of top down mismanagement and backroom deal-making has smothered America's innovative spirit. Policy now favors the big, the corporate, and the status quo at the expense of the small, the inventive, and the entrepreneurial. The result is that working and middle class Americans have seen their incomes flat-lining and their American Dreams slipping away. In response, Smick calls for the great equalizer, a Main Street Capitalism of mass small-business startups and bottom-up innovation, all unfolding on a level playing field. Introducing a fourteen-point plan of bipartisan reforms for unleashing America's creativity and confidence, his forward-thinking book describes a new climate of dynamism where every man and woman is a potential entrepreneur--especially those at the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. Ultimately, Smick argues, economies are more than statistical measurements of supply and demand, economic output, and rates of return. Economies are people--their hopes, fears, dreams, and expectations. The Great Equalizer is a call for a set of new paradigms that inspire and empower average American people to reimagine and reboot their economy. It is a manifesto asserting that, with a new kind of economic policy, America's best days lie ahead"-- Provided by publisher. Creative ability in business United States. Capacidad creativa en los negocios Estados Unidos 27331 Small business United States. Pequeñas empresas Estados Unidos 32700 Economic development United States. Desarrollo económico Estados Unidos 5940 United States Economic policy 21st century. Estados Unidos Política económica Siglo XXI 840 Online version: Smick, David M., author. Great equalizer First Edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2017 9781610397858 (DLC) 2016049687 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123955 123955 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-06-25 0 HC 106.84 S639g 2017 00000193018 2025-06-25 00:00:00 1 2025-06-25 BK