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It’s corporate welfare and regulatory robbery—it’s Obamanomics. Congressman Ron Paul says, “Every libertarian and free-market conservative needs to read Obamanomics.” And Johan Goldberg, columnist and bestselling author says, “Obamanomics is conservative muckraking at its best and an indispensable field guide to the Obama years.” If you’ve wondered what’s happening to America, as the federal government swallows up the financial sector, the auto industry, and healthcare, and enacts deficit exploding “stimulus packages,” this book makes it all clear—it’s a big scam. Ultimately, Obamanomics boils down to this: every time government gets bigger, somebody’s getting rich, and those somebodies are friends of Barack. 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Drawing on rigorous research--both as a reporter and as a dad of six--Carney demonstrates why the parental anxiety endemic to modern parenting is so misguided. The high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents--and our kids--up to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearched over three years and written in between rec baseball games and church picnics where nobody was watching the kids, \u003ci\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply wise, energetically told, and destined to be one of the most consequential parenting books in years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto for a different way, offering sanity-saving, research-backed principles for today's parents:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelicopter Parenting:\u003c\/b\u003e Why the travel teams, endless activities, and achievement-obsessed culture are burning out parents and kids--and how to reclaim your weekends and your sanity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChildhood Independence:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the research-backed benefits of letting kids be kids, from playing unsupervised to finding their own way home when the streetlights turn on.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCounter-Cultural Parenting:\u003c\/b\u003e A practical guide to giving children deeper sources of meaning than material success and Ivy League admissions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Return to Community:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn from the author's experience as a dad of six how to build a 'village' where neighbors, church picnics, and rec baseball replace the pressure to be a perfect parent.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49779735036177,"sku":"CIN006323646XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49988997841169,"sku":"CIN006323646XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983192658193,"sku":"NIN9780063236462","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53618094047505,"sku":"GOR014983753","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/006323646X.jpg?v=1751163820"},{"product_id":"abandoned-america-book-timothy-p-carney-9780062797100","title":"Abandoned America","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow a Washington Post Bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. 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The standard accounts pointed to economic problems among the working class, but the root was a cultural collapse: While the educated and wealthy elites still enjoy strong communities, most blue-collar Americans lack strong communities and institutions that bind them to their neighbors. And outside of the elites, the central American institution has been religion  That is, it’s not the factory closings that have torn us apart; it’s the church closings. The dissolution of our most cherished institutions—nuclear families, places of worship, civic organizations—has not only divided us, but eroded our sense of worth, belief in opportunity, and connection to one another.  In Abandoned America, Carney visits all corners of America, from the dim country bars of Southwestern Pennsylvania., to the bustling Mormon wards of Salt Lake City, and explains the most important data and research to demonstrate how the social connection is the great divide in America. 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Is that why big corpocratic behemoth firms collude with big government for a liberal agenda of higher taxes and overregulation that will punish the small risk-takers? Tim Carney's new book describes how anti-business big business can be.\" -Lawrence Kudlow Host of CNBC's Kudlow \u0026amp; Company \"Tim Carney explodes the myth that big business and big government are natural opponents. All too often, as he points out, they're both engaged in a common enterprise: picking your pocket.\" -Ramesh Ponnuru Senior Editor, National Review \"A romping tour de force of the love affair between big business and big government from Teddy Roosevelt and the Robber Barons to Enron and the Kyoto Treaty. 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