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"Business has never had more legitimacy, opportunity, and capability to impact the issues John addresses—and many world-class companies already are. From values-based leadership to education, healthcare, and environmental issues like safe water—business is and will continue to make a positive difference for our children's future."
—Steven S. Reinemund, Dean and Professor of Leadership and Strategy, Babcock Graduate School of Management, and Dean, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Wake Forest University; and former CEO of PepsiCo
"John Mumford has written a riveting and very necessary book about the failure of American institutions to cope with a new world, the corruption of values, and the absence of strong visionary leaders. Broke is breathtakingly comprehensive and Mumford does not mince words. Mumford explains how we can achieve an America both great and good, a nation with 'a single value system that matches the vision of the Founding Fathers.' I¿highly recommend this book. It's like nothing you've ever read before."
—Fred Barnes, Fox News commentator
"John Mumford has accepted a significant challenge in assessing the future of our nation's twenty-first century. At this important moment in history, we must carefully examine the signs of future change. Broke is a valuable reference for all Americans. It examines seventeen issues that are important to our future, including the issue of healthcare about which I am very passionate. This work establishes a new leadership model for public servants and sets a high standard for their service. More importantly, it establishes a new forum for public debate on the actions that will set the course of the nation for our children and grandchildren in the coming years. Every American would benefit from reading Broke. It is my hope that we will heed the call to action."
—The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson, former Secretary,United States Department of Health and Human Services
"John Mumford has accomplished a formidable task in writing Broke. No one in our generation has attempted to take a long, hard look at where our policy decisions of the last forty years have taken America and where these decisions will leave our children and grandchildren. I heartily commend this book to the realists among us and to those who aspire to national leadership in the years to come. We have much work to do before our current generation of leaders can be satisfied with their legacy."
—The Honorable Zell Miller, former United States Senator
Acknowledgments.
PART I BUSINESS LEADERSHIP IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA.
Chapter 1 Down a Dark Road.
Chapter 2 The Dilemma—Is America Off Course?
Chapter 3 Applying Timeless Principles to Business Leadership.
Chapter 4 Business Leadership and the Political Process.
PART II PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
Chapter 5 The Vital Role of Business Leaders—Getting Your Enterprise in Top Shape.
Chapter 6 Overcoming the Declining Dollar.
Chapter 7 Managing Business Debt (So It Doesn't Manage You!).
Chapter 8 Avoiding Derivatives and Financial Tsunamis.
Chapter 9 Preparing for Inevitable Disasters.
Chapter 10 Controlling Inflation's Damage to Business.
Chapter 11 Avoiding the Liquidity Traps.
Chapter 12 Maintaining Sound Business Pensions.
Chapter 13 Business and Our Nation's Financial Stability.
PART III MANAGING VITAL RESOURCES.
Chapter 14 Water—Business and a New Direction.
Chapter 15 Business Solutions to Energy Gridlock.
Chapter 16 Environment—Renewal and Redirection.
Chapter 17 Infrastructure Renewal—Business Can Lead.
PART IV PRINCIPLED BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND OUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES.
Chapter 18 Business and Renewed International Relationships.
Chapter 19 Business and the Limits to Empire.
Chapter 20 Overcoming Technology Losses.
Chapter 21 Limiting the Impact of Terror.
Chapter 22 Business Solutions for the Developing World.
Chapter 23 Business and International Environmental Resources.
PART V BUSINESS: LEADING OR FOLLOWING—THE CHOICE IS OURS.
Chapter 24 The Role of Principled Leadership in America's Turnaround.
Chapter 25 A Tale of Two Nations—Which Path Will We Choose?
Appendix A America's Economic / Business Leadership Failures: 1965 to the Present
Appendix B Repaying America's Debt: Staffing the National Service Corps: 2010 to 2030.
Appendix C Meeting America's Growing Power Demands.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
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Posted January 20, 2010
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This book is at first depressing because it brings the actual condition of the US to the forefront. Mumford explains how other great economies have disintegrated in the past, and the US is only inches away from the same result. Of course we all recognize these issues and the directions of the US and the agendas of "career politicians," however we all place the responsibility of change with someone else. With the huge excitement of change in President Obama's campaign which is now following the same political agendas of the past politicians of the recent 20th century, the book explains that leadership needs to drastically change.
The book explains that we must take charge of our country's direction and we need to get back to the basics. We must return to an ethical focus, a long-term focus, rather than the short-term, get it now agenda of the past 50 plus years.
John Mumford backs his findings with history and studies that clearly proves his point. He also writes in a way that explains the truth which is ultimately not "Republican" or "Democrat" politics. He further explains that the blame game or passing the buck ideology is not going to float much longer before we as a country passes the point of no return.
A must read, and a must past-down to a young adult to read and share.
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"Business has never had more legitimacy, opportunity, and capability to impact the issues John addresses—and many world-class companies already are. From values-based leadership to education, healthcare, and environmental issues like safe water—business is and will continue to make a positive difference for our children's future."
—Steven S. Reinemund, Dean and Professor of Leadership and Strategy, Babcock Graduate School of Management, and Dean, Calloway School...