Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas by Erica Grieder

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas Author: Erica Grieder Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 23, 2013 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state's politics and attitude, and yet, according to journalist, and Texan, Erica Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from Texas. In Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right, Grieder traces the political history of a state that was always larger than life. From its rowdy beginnings, Texas has combined a long-standing suspicion of government intrusion with a passion for business. Looking to the present, Grieder assesses the unique mix of policies on issues like immigration, debt, taxes, regulation, and energy, which together have sparked a bona fide Texas miracle of job growth. While acknowledging that it still has plenty of twenty-first century problems to face, she finds in Texas a model of governance whose power has been drastically underestimated. Her book is a fascinating exploration of America's underrated powerhouse.