Running on Empty

The author of Gray Dawn offers a myth-shattering look at the potentially devastating repercussions of the budget and foreign trade deficits, explaining how reckless tax cuts, out-of-control spending, and corrupt accounting in Congress will affect the future of America. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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Peter G. Peterson

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The national bestseller, described by Tom Brokaw as the "wake-up call we cannot ignore," with a new preface by the author

Acclaimed by all sides of the political spectrum, Peter Peterson's Running on Empty not only traces the deterioration of America's finances but offers solutions. This national bestseller is required reading for everyone concerned with America's long-term economic survival. In clear and concise prose, Peterson offers America not only a vision but the practical steps by which to ensure our children's economic future. Running on Empty is not only a warning, it is also a manifesto calling for the next administration to finally confront a deep and disturbing problem that politicians of all parties have insisted on ignoring for too long.