A Public Policy Revolution Ending Four Decades ( 1970-2010 ) of Economic Stagnation and Three Decades ( 1980-2010 )

About the Book

A PUBLIC POLICY REVOLIUTION: A New Direction for a New America asserts that America’s economic life is ruled by a supply-side drip-down system that overwhelmingly favors capital over labor and leads to a massive income inequality, preventing the country from reaching its economic potential. Author John Shtino believes that this existing supply-side system is a ticking time bomb that is supported by all major parties and an American elite that is incapable of implementing the changes needed to make America greater than ever, including truly reforming health care, ending welfare as we know it, simplifying the tax code, legalizing victimless crimes, creating a new education paradigm, bringing the debt to fifteen percent of GDP, and much more.

Thus, A Public Policy Revolution is dedicated to the destruction of the supply-side system, offering as a replacement a new demand-push paradigm, which would treat capital and labor fairly and guide us toward a more prosperous and equitable America. Since the author further believes that neither party as presently constituted can bring about this much-needed change, he aims to dramatically change the Democratic Party, or, if unsuccessful in this attempt, to establish a meaningful third party.

His work not only examines the economic and political problems facing the United States, but also offers means to solve them.

About the Author

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in union-infused steelmaking country, John Shtino moved to the Lower East Side of New York at an early age. He served a stint in the army, earned a degree in political science and public administration, and held various jobs until becoming a commercial real estate broker.