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We may consider our next century as beginning not in the year 2000, but in 1989. That year signaled the end of communism and witnessed the departure from the world scene of Ronald Reagan, the most important American President since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Already, it is clear that President Reagan's retirement in 1989 was only the beginning of the wider impact of his presidency on domestic and world politics.The challenge of our new century, clearly enunciat ed by President Reagan before it even began, is to sweep away the ashes of the old centralized, bureau cratic state and replace it with the twin ideals of democracy and free enterprise.... If, indeed, we are to put an end to the "big government" of the 20th century as we enter the 21st, we must begin with a clear understanding of the failures of pater nalistic centralism-and an appetite for the robust recasting of the role of government.
In the U.S., what could be a more fitting tribute to the legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan than the poli cies and programs set forth in Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America in the 21st Century? The distinguished group of experts and practitioners that Robert Freer has assembled to join him in pro ducing this volume would make Ronald Reagan proud.... From economics to taxation to interna tional relations to citizenship and ethics, Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future serves up a set of guideposts charting the way to a better world.
-From the Foreword by Congressman Christopher Cox
ISBN:9781568330921
