The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America by Philip K Howard, Warner Books
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- Pub. Date: March 1996
- 213pp
- Sales Rank: 53,119
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 1996
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 213pp
- Sales Rank: 53,119
- ISBN-13: 9780446672283
- ISBN: 0446672289
- Edition Number: 1
Synopsis
This concise and eloquent manifesto shows how the excess of government regulations does not protect Americans but instead acts as legal quicksand, stifling growth and creating paralyzing overbureaucratization. Using blood-boiling examples of government regulations run amok, Howard reveals a society in which rules have replaced thinking—allowing law to infiltrate the nooks and crannies of everyday life.
Annotation
Distressing, disturbing, devastatingly detailed--this stunning examination of how modern laws are diminishing America exposes the drawbacks of rule-bound government, tells why nothing gets done, reveals the phony pretensions of law, and shows why well-intentioned laws have actually devalued rights. In short, The Death of Common Sense demonstrates how the buck never stops and how ell-meaning laws are creating a nation of enemies. (Poltics/Current Events)
Publishers Weekly
Lawyer Howard's indictment of governmental bureaucracy and excessive regulations was a PW bestseller for 25 weeks. (Mar.)
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October 25, 2001: Every American citizen should read this book. As Thomas Jefferson said 'A nation who wishes to remain free and ignorant expects what never was and never will be.' He went on to say that education is the best way to guard ourselves against the imposition of just the things that Howard discusses in his book. There's so much to say, but rather I'll just strongly suggest you read it.
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November 28, 2000: If you live in the same country that Howard speaks of, you'll enjoy this short book. He uses many specific cases about the rigidity and stupidity of government regulations. This books does a good job of pointing out the problems with our bureaucracies, but fails to give solutions. All things being said, this is a good and interesting book. It would make a great present for anybody that is frustrated with our large centralized government.
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