Larry Elder

A pretty good work, though dated by now (2019). When I originally read it, it was more crisp. The most important chapter, I think, is the one that shows that American's healthcare system is really the best in the world, and suffers from too much government, not too little. It shows that the healthcare system pre-Obamacare was not as bad as people believed.

Larry Elder's first book details the major issues he discusses in his articles and on his show. While his outlook is interesting, he has a tendency to oversimplify. For instance, he really feels that white racism towards black people is basically a minor issue; except for issues of condescension. I think that's true to a degree, but Elder sees policy issues as condescension. In other words, if you are in favor of affirmative action and against "welfare to work" programs, that means you don't show more think black people are equal to everyone else. Elder ignores real institutional racism in this analysis.

That said, the book is fairly fact based and less inflammatory than many political books written nowadays. It's interesting to see how Elder's version of libertarianism is expressed. show less

Larry Elder should be studied in high school and college. he makes a lot of sense and the fact that he makes the black community look inward to solve their problems is refreshing.

Larry Elder tells truths this nation's public figures are afraid to address. Elder says what no one else will: Blacks are more racist than whites; White condescension is more damaging than white racism; There is no health-care crisis;The War on Drugs is the new Vietnam...and we're losing; and more.